Lecture by Svitlana Biedareva: "Epistemologies of Resistance: Ukrainian Art and the Decolonial Turn"!

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When: May 13, 20:00Where: Online via Zoom

Kryvyi Rih Cultural Centre / KRCC invites you to the lecture by Svitlana Biedareva: "Epistemologies of Resistance: Ukrainian Art and the Decolonial Turn"!
In her lecture, Svitlana Biedareva will focus on how Ukrainian artists reflect on the experience of colonialism and war through transformations of identity, creating new narratives and visual languages of resistance.
Key questions to be explored:🔸 How can art serve as a tool for decolonization?🔸 How is cultural memory formed in post-totalitarian societies?🔸 Why is it crucial to discuss Ukrainian art in the context of global decolonial studies?
The decolonial turn involves rethinking established historical narratives and breaking away from (post)colonial perspectives. In this context, Ukrainian art emerges as a unique form of visual and intellectual resistance—not only against Russian imperial discourse but also against broader structures of symbolic subjugation. The lecture will examine specific artistic practices that create their own epistemologies—forms of knowledge arising at the intersection of bodily experience, memory, and historical trauma.
About the Lecturer:Svitlana Biedareva is a PhD in Art History, a researcher of contemporary Ukrainian art, author of the book "Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case" (Palgrave Macmillan 2025), and editor of the books "Art in Ukraine between Identity Construction and Anti-Colonial Resistance" (Routledge 2024) and "Contemporary Ukrainian and Baltic Art: Political and Social Perspectives, 1991–2021" (ibidem Press, 2021). Her work focuses on political art, visual culture of war, and decolonial approaches in the analysis of cultural production.
The lecture is part of the project "Reimagining the Museum", initiated by cultural manager Sviatoslav Mykhailov. The project aims to critically rethink the exhibitions of the Kryvyi Rih Historical Museum, overcome imperial narratives, and propose new, inclusive stories about local history. Learn more about the project via the link.

About Open CallAbout the Project

The "Reimagining the Museum" project is supported by the European Union within the House of Europe program.Project curator: Sviatoslav Mykhailov.Institutional partner: Kryvyi Rih Cultural Centre / KRCC

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