Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014, keeping diaries has become an essential way of documenting wartime experiences and witnessing the historical rupture. This monthly project collects sketches from the INDEX community members (or “narysy” in Ukrainian) from their time in Lviv, their observations during fieldwork across the country, memories, and reflections that offer a glimpse into daily life in Ukraine.
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This issue has come together around the theme of theatre—though perhaps, in wartime, theatre manifests itself as a quiet undercurrent, resurfacing where language alone cannot reach.
This issue has come together around the theme of theatre—though perhaps, in wartime, theatre manifests itself as a quiet undercurrent, resurfacing where language alone cannot reach.
Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, a poet, translator, and curator, presents a poetic and intimate curatorial essay for the exhibition Roman Chornomaz: The Optics of Battle, biography of Roman Chornomaz, a photographer, activist, and soldier who swapped his camera lens for a sniper rifle.
Filmmaker and environmental humanities scholar Karolina Uskakovych looks into a layered urban experience, gathering fragments of words, street signs, and fleeting impressions, and transforming them into evocative poetic forms.
INDEX’s Fellow, artist, and war veteran Bohdan Bunchak presents his latest video artwork, Who Will Go for Us, created during his Fellowship at INDEX in autumn 2024. Bunchak explores PTSD, and the struggle of returning to civilian life after combat experience.
