Artists in Times of Upheaval

This series of talks explores the experience of artists working against the backdrop of a world in flux.

Featured episode

Watch a staged reading of Antonina – a play by award-winning Ukrainian playwright Tetiana Kytsenko, based on an interview with Antonina Romanova.

The reading is followed by a Q&A with cast and director with a reading form playwright Tetiana Kytsenko who could not join due to the conditions in Ukraine.

Focusing on artists in and from some of the areas most exposed to current global forces, Artists in Times of Upheaval asks what space is there for artists when life ‘as normal’ no longer seems possible? Why do they continue to create art? And how?

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