New Publication from nGbK: Society of the Frontline – A Guidebook of Kyiv Perennial
In Ukraine, Russia’s invasion has spurred a profound new wave of investigative, research-driven, and documentary practices. Stemming from the visual and discursive programs of the 2024 Kyiv Biennial in Berlin, a new publication brings together a selection of these approaches.
In texts that grapple with survival environments, the destruction of architectural heritage, and the mass psychopolitical devastation suffered by Ukrainian society, the publication sheds light on the brutal realities of a neocolonial war of extermination and exploitation. It amplifies urgent calls for decolonization, bears witness to war zone atrocities, and highlights acts of refuge and solidarity. Contributions from researchers, artists, journalists, and activists—from Ukraine and beyond—ask a vital question: how can artistic creation, critical inquiry, and social engagement converge to forge a radically different future?
The publication appears as a reversible book in German and English.
Society of the Frontline: A Guidebook of Kyiv Perennial
Eds.: Vasyl Cherepanyn, VCRC (Visual Culture Research Center), nGbK, Berlin
Softcover, reversible book, thread binding, 13 x 21 cm
416 pages, 2-color, 6 images in color
Retail price: 18,00 €
ISBN: 978-3-949969-02-7
With contributions by: Vasyl Cherepanyn, Timothy Snyder, Jan Tomasz Gross, Nataliya Gumenyuk, Ksenia Rybak, Svitlana Matviyenko, Kateryna Iakovlenko, Angelika Ustymenko, Alex King, Yuriy Hrytsyna, Yevheniia Moliar, Franziska Davies, Epp Annus, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Yurko Prokhasko, Beatrice Patsalides Hofmann, Lena Prents, Felix Ackermann, as well as Poster project statements by Wolfgang Tillmans / Shahin Zarinbal, Uliana Bychenkova, Experimental Jetset, Marina Naprushkina, Aliona Solomadina and Pavel Brăila.
Graphic design: Uliana Bychenkova
Cover: Stefaniia Bodnia
We would be happy to provide you with a review copy.
Kyiv Perennial is a cooperation between the Visual Culture Research Center, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), together with Between Bridges and the communal Prater Galerie. The Kulturstiftung des Bundes is funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).