Presentation of the 4th issue of “Political Critique” (Ukrainian edition)

National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, 1^st building, auditorium 217 (2, Skovorody St.)

October 19^th, 18:00

Participants: Volodymyr Vorotniov, Nikita Kadan, Nazariy Sovsun, Vasyl Cherepanyn

Political Critique #4: СВБД ПСРТ

The fourth issue is dedicated to art as a tool for the transformation of social reality. The opening chapter contains the Political Critique survey with Russian artists, theoreticians and activists about the societal effect of Pussy Riot group actions and the imprisonment of its members. The visual chapter consists of works by Ukrainian and Polish critical artists, who analyze the event of Europe football championship in Ukraine and Poland by means of art. The chapter “Forget Fear” presents a selection of talks with contemporary artists and activists made by Artur Żmijewski during the period of his preparation of the 7th Berlin Biennale in 2012.

Some of the authors of the issue: Pavel Arsenyev, Yael Bartana, Yevgenia Belorusets, Ilya Budraitskis, Oleksandr Burlaka, Anatoly Belov, Joanna Warsza, Aleksandr Volodarsky, Volodymyr Vorotniov, Paweł Demirski, Ekaterina Degot, Galit Eilat, Serhiy Zhadan, Artur Żmijewski, Anna Zvyagintseva, Aleksandr Ivanov, Mykyta Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Marcin Kalinski, Jaś Kapela, Lesia Kulchinska, Renzo Martens, Ivan Melnychuk, Antanas Mockus, Olha Papash, Rafael Pishobomb, Thomas Piatek, Konrad Pustola, Oleksiy Radynski, Mykola Ridny, Yevhen Samborsky, John Iveson Silva, Nazariy Sovsun, Igor Stokfiszewski, Monika Strzepka, Vlad Tupikin, Noah Fisher, Sergio Franco, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Keti Chukhrov, Árpád Schilling, Timea Junghaus.