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HEADLINE: Ukrainian Artists Document Horrors of War in Warsaw Exhibition
TEASER: The show uses sights and sounds to evoke emotions and appeal to the collective consciousness about the impact of Russian aggression
PUBLISHED: 03/20/2023 at 12:50pm
BYLINE: Lesia Bakalets
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: WARSAW, POLAND
VIDEOGRAPHER: Daniil Batushchak
SCRIPT EDITORS: Steve Hirsch, Tom Turco, MAS
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VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL, REUTERS
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TRT: 2:39
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[[An art exhibition in Warsaw, Poland, brings together the work of Ukrainian artists who aim to document the brutality of Russian aggression. The exhibition is entitled “Ukraine. Under a Different Sky.” For VOA, Lesia Bakalets reports on the display at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw. Elizabeth Cherneff narrates.]]
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NAT SOUND: siren sounds, then explosions
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These are the sights and sounds in "Ukraine. Under a Different sky" - an exhibition here at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.
Visitors listen to the sounds of war in a dark room, with scenes of the frontline city Kharkiv displayed on the walls.
For some, the exhibit can be overwhelming.
((Beata Lupinska-Rytel, Museum Deputy Director - FEMALE, ENG))
“It was a couple from Ukraine. They entered the room where there was darkness, and you can hear the shelling and the bombs. And they just break out and start crying.”
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The exhibition includes 200 works documenting the impact of Russia’s war on their homeland by Ukrainian artists, including Olga Drozd.
((Olga Drozd, Artist – FEMALE, UKR))
“Every piece of art here tries to answer one question – how is this horror real in the 21st century? The exhibition demonstrates war not only generally but through artists' personal experiences.”
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When Russia started the war, Drozd began taking photographs of her kitchen window in Kyiv. The items on her windowsill changed and over time so did the weather, but the glass window has remained unbroken. This exhibit is entitled, "Thank you for another day."
((Olga Drozd, Artist – FEMALE, UKR))
“"I just walked in my kitchen, looked at these red curtains, and thought, ‘thank God,’ the windows are intact today; I'm alive. I live near the thermal power plant in Kyiv, so my house often shook from the explosions.”
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In the next room, a bed is pierced with broken glass. Black paint is splattered all around. Artist Yulia Zakharova says it reflects how scared she feels when explosions wake her up.
((Yulia Zakharova, Artist – FEMALE, UKR))
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“For me, it is an association with my own bed, in which I woke up when full-scale aggression began. I panicked and did not know what to do next. And, you know, the bed is something so sacred; it is something where we rest, where we feel safe.”
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Museum officials say the displays are meant to evoke empathy so that visitors can “feel” what life is like in Ukraine as Russia continues its attacks.
((Beata Lupinska-Rytel, Museum Deputy Director - FEMALE, ENG))
“When you come to the exhibition, you can actually feel it more, what is going on at the moment. Through art you can explain the war in a different way. It’s much more emotional, it gets into your heart. We don’t want people to get used to war. We want people to talk that Ukraine needs to be armed and supported all the time.”
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The exhibition in Warsaw runs from mid-April to mid-May.
((For Lesia Bakalets, in Warsaw, Elizabeth Cherneff, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)WARSAW, POLAND
BylineLesia Bakalets
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
