Ukraine Art Against War -- WEB
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- Ukraine Art Against War -- WEB
- June 10, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English TV Ukraine Art Against War – Oshchudlyak HEADLINE: In War-Torn Ukraine, Art Plays Powerful Role TEASER: For country's artists, art can be an inspiration, a weapon, a means of therapy, a way to preserve culture and more PUBLISHED AT: 6/10/2022 AT 9:30am BYLINE: Omelyan Oshchudlyak CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Lviv, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yuriy Dankevych VIDEO EDITOR: Yuriy Dankevych SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA (Story Hunter) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB X TV X RADIO __ TRT: 4:10 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO:)) [[Although the war in Ukraine has entered its fourth month, local artists have not stopped working. For many Ukrainians, art during the wartime is a powerful tool that helps people stay strong and inspired. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((NATS)) ((Ruppelt reads)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “How do snakes live without arms or legs?” ((NARRATION)) The rehearsal is over. Now, the curtains can open. Artist Vitaly Ruppelt is creating a graphic novel right here, in his cramped Lviv apartment. Art is a weapon, believes Ruppelt, who is following in the footsteps of his favorite graphic designer, Ukrainian Insurgent Army artist Nil Khasevych, who died in 1952. ((Vitaly Ruppelt, Artist)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “History repeats itself — the liberation struggle of the '40s and '50s, and now it is happening again. On day three of the invasion, I got involved, remembered who I am. I’ve gone through the self-identification process again. As a result, these works appeared.” ((NARRATION)) Printed in different formats, Ruppelt’s military-themed posters are distributed around the world with the help of Lyana Mytsko, director of the Lviv Municipal Art Center. ((Lyana Mytsko, Lviv Municipal Art Center Director)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) These posters are being sent to other cities, sometimes — along with humanitarian aid, sometimes — with journalists traveling from Lviv further on; we usually provide them with samples. This is reactionary art.” ((NARRATION)) While part of the art center is still under renovation, a large part of it is being occupied by children and adults who have fled the military action. ((Vanessa Branson, Art Curator)) ((IN ENGLISH)) “These beautiful things that young children are making as a way of therapy against the evil that is happening in their lives — it's very, very powerful!” ((NARRATION)) British art curator Vanessa Branson arrived in Lviv after visiting Bucha and Hostomel. Founder of the Marrakech Biennale and sister of billionaire Richard Branson, she seeks to see something else in this war — a new beginning and flourishing among the ruins. ((Vanessa Branson, Art Curator)) ((IN ENGLISH)) “The invasion is very focused on destroying museums and churches, any cultural object that makes Ukrainians feel Ukrainian rather than Russian. // And on the one hand, you have got this destructive force coming in and just destroying everything. And on the other hand, as a sort of defense, you’ve got people making, creating." ((NARRATION)) These are fragments of a Russian missile that hit Lviv. Volunteers and artists painted the missile remnants and put them up for auction to raise money for the Ukrainian army's needs. ((Tetyana Turchyna, Auction Organizer)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “While donations were coming in fast in the first days and weeks of the war, today we have to be creative to figure out how to attract more funding every single day. // One of the ideas was to draw Saint George, patron saint of Lviv, on the remnants of a Russian missile.” ((Olha Lementarchuk, Artist)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “It's not just some deformed piece of metal. You know that this is an aggressor's missile. It was really scary to touch it. I wanted to get an idea through — to cover all this evil, so to speak. I painted our jet fighter on it, a MiG-29 [pronounced "mig-29"] flying in that direction, tearing barbed wire that I painted in Russian tricolor.” ((NARRATION)) But even as these artists keep Ukrainian culture alive in art, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture has reported that Russian forces have destroyed or damaged more than 30 museums and reserves, 116 architectural monuments, and more than 130 churches. ((Omelyan Oshchudlyak, for VOA News, Lviv, Ukraine))
- Transcript/Script TV Ukraine Art Against War – Oshchudlyak HEADLINE: In War-Torn Ukraine, Art Plays Powerful Role TEASER: For country's artists, art can be an inspiration, a weapon, a means of therapy, a way to preserve culture and more PUBLISHED AT: 6/10/2022 AT 9:30am BYLINE: Omelyan Oshchudlyak CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Lviv, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yuriy Dankevych VIDEO EDITOR: Yuriy Dankevych SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA (Story Hunter) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB X TV X RADIO __ TRT: 4:10 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO:)) [[Although the war in Ukraine has entered its fourth month, local artists have not stopped working. For many Ukrainians, art during the wartime is a powerful tool that helps people stay strong and inspired. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story.]] ((NARRATION)) ((NATS)) ((Ruppelt reads)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “How do snakes live without arms or legs?” ((NARRATION)) The rehearsal is over. Now, the curtains can open. Artist Vitaly Ruppelt is creating a graphic novel right here, in his cramped Lviv apartment. Art is a weapon, believes Ruppelt, who is following in the footsteps of his favorite graphic designer, Ukrainian Insurgent Army artist Nil Khasevych, who died in 1952. ((Vitaly Ruppelt, Artist)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “History repeats itself — the liberation struggle of the '40s and '50s, and now it is happening again. On day three of the invasion, I got involved, remembered who I am. I’ve gone through the self-identification process again. As a result, these works appeared.” ((NARRATION)) Printed in different formats, Ruppelt’s military-themed posters are distributed around the world with the help of Lyana Mytsko, director of the Lviv Municipal Art Center. ((Lyana Mytsko, Lviv Municipal Art Center Director)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) These posters are being sent to other cities, sometimes — along with humanitarian aid, sometimes — with journalists traveling from Lviv further on; we usually provide them with samples. This is reactionary art.” ((NARRATION)) While part of the art center is still under renovation, a large part of it is being occupied by children and adults who have fled the military action. ((Vanessa Branson, Art Curator)) ((IN ENGLISH)) “These beautiful things that young children are making as a way of therapy against the evil that is happening in their lives — it's very, very powerful!” ((NARRATION)) British art curator Vanessa Branson arrived in Lviv after visiting Bucha and Hostomel. Founder of the Marrakech Biennale and sister of billionaire Richard Branson, she seeks to see something else in this war — a new beginning and flourishing among the ruins. ((Vanessa Branson, Art Curator)) ((IN ENGLISH)) “The invasion is very focused on destroying museums and churches, any cultural object that makes Ukrainians feel Ukrainian rather than Russian. // And on the one hand, you have got this destructive force coming in and just destroying everything. And on the other hand, as a sort of defense, you’ve got people making, creating." ((NARRATION)) These are fragments of a Russian missile that hit Lviv. Volunteers and artists painted the missile remnants and put them up for auction to raise money for the Ukrainian army's needs. ((Tetyana Turchyna, Auction Organizer)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “While donations were coming in fast in the first days and weeks of the war, today we have to be creative to figure out how to attract more funding every single day. // One of the ideas was to draw Saint George, patron saint of Lviv, on the remnants of a Russian missile.” ((Olha Lementarchuk, Artist)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) “It's not just some deformed piece of metal. You know that this is an aggressor's missile. It was really scary to touch it. I wanted to get an idea through — to cover all this evil, so to speak. I painted our jet fighter on it, a MiG-29 [pronounced "mig-29"] flying in that direction, tearing barbed wire that I painted in Russian tricolor.” ((NARRATION)) But even as these artists keep Ukrainian culture alive in art, Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture has reported that Russian forces have destroyed or damaged more than 30 museums and reserves, 116 architectural monuments, and more than 130 churches. ((Omelyan Oshchudlyak, for VOA News, Lviv, Ukraine))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace, Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Topic Tags War Art
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 10, 2022 16:14 EDT
- Description English Although the war in Ukraine has entered its fourth month, local artists have not stopped working. For many Ukrainians, art during the wartime is a powerful tool that helps people stay strong and inspired. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story.]]
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English