Kaunas Hosts Fifth Ukraine Cross Section Triennial Amid War
Currently underway in Kaunas, Lithuania, the fifth edition of the Ukraine Cross Section Triennial will run until December 4, 2022. This event, curated by Volodymyr Kaufman, Serhiy Petlyuk, and Oksana Forostyna, is taking place at the former central post office, now known as CulturEUkraine. Celebrating Kaunas as the European Capital of Culture for 2022, the triennial showcases 17 projects from Ukrainian artists, focusing on the themes of art during wartime and cultural devastation. Kaufman highlights the significance of Ukrainian cultural independence. Additionally, the program features four public discussions on cultural diplomacy, with participants including Paweł Potoroczyn, Carl Henrik Fredriksson, Jacek Dehnel, and Yaroslava Strikha.
Key facts
- Fifth edition of Ukraine Cross Section Triennial runs until December 4, 2022 in Kaunas, Lithuania.
- Curated by Volodymyr Kaufman, Serhiy Petlyuk, and Oksana Forostyna.
- Venue: former central post office of Kaunas, now CulturEUkraine cultural center.
- Kaunas is European Capital of Culture 2022.
- Triennial concept born in 2010 in Lviv at Dzyga Art Association.
- Previous editions held in Lublin and Wrocław.
- Features 17 projects from artists of Dnipro, Kherson, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa, Donetsk.
- Includes four public debates on cultural diplomacy and trauma from Russian colonial policy.
Entities
Artists
- Volodymyr Kaufman
- Serhiy Petlyuk
- Oksana Forostyna
- Paweł Potoroczyn
- Carl Henrik Fredriksson
- Jacek Dehnel
- Yaroslava Strikha
- Niccolò Lucarelli
Institutions
- CulturEUkraine
- Dzyga Art Association
- Adam Mickiewicz Institute
- Polish Institute of New York and London
- Eurozine
- Artribune
Locations
- Kaunas
- Lithuania
- Lviv
- Ukraine
- Lublin
- Wrocław
- Dnipro
- Kherson
- Kyiv
- Kharkiv
- Odesa
- Donetsk