{"id":12716,"date":"2025-05-09T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastfutureart.org\/unseen-force\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T18:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:14:42","slug":"unseen-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastfutureart.org\/en\/unseen-force\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unseen Force discussion program"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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In March 2025, the Past \/ Future \/ Art memory culture platform held public discussions about the occupation resistance experience in Kherson and Crimea as part of the <\/b>Unseen Force<\/b><\/a> exhibition, which the Odesa National Fine Arts Museum hosted from February 7 to April 13, 2025.<\/b><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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Unseen Force is an art exhibition that aims to raise awareness about the nonviolent resistance of Ukrainians in the territories temporarily occupied by Russia, including resistance movements and methods; informational, art, and women\u2019s resistance; and real stories of standing up to the Russian aggression. The exhibition was held in Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipro, and Odesa.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Odesa, the project partnered with the Past \/ Future \/ Art memory culture platform, with Oksana Dovgopolova taking on the roles of discussion curator and moderator.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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CRIMEAN OCCUPATION EXPERIENCE: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CRIMEA?<\/b><\/h4>\n

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March 14, 2025<\/b>
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Odesa National Fine Arts Museum<\/b>
\n<\/b>5a Sofiivska St., Odesa<\/b><\/h5>\n

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Speakers: <\/span>Martin-Oleksandr Kisly, Alena Lunova, Fevzi Mamutov, Mavile Khalil<\/b><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/span>Oksana Dovgopolova<\/b><\/p>\n

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Crimea fell under occupation in 2014\u2014earlier than any other temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine. A generation that knows nothing about what it\u2019s like to live in Ukraine has grown up since then. Meanwhile, some people in Crimea are still a threat to the occupational Russian authorities. After 2014, the Ukrainians started seeing Crimea in a new light. Still, everybody got used to the peninsula\u2019s separate existence. Can it be returned? Can it live again as a part of Ukraine? And what can we do today to make it happen?<\/span><\/p>\n

Martin-Oleksandr Kisly<\/b>, Cand. Sc. History and lecturer at the National University of Kyiv Mohyla Academy; <\/span>Alena Lunova<\/b>, Advocacy Director at Human Rights Center ZMINA; <\/span>Fevzi Mamutov<\/b>, Head of the Crimean Tatars of Odesa Region NGO and People\u2019s Deputy of the Odesa Oblast Council; <\/span>Mavile Khalil<\/b>, Crimean Tatars website editor and Tam\u0131rlar project editor; <\/span>Oksana Dovgopolova<\/b>, D. Sc. Philosophy, professor at the Kyiv School of Economy, and curator at the Past \/ Future \/ Art memory culture platform<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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(UN)KNOWN KHERSON: CULTURE AND MEMORY IN (DE)OCCUPIED TERRITORIES<\/b><\/h4>\n

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March 23, 2025<\/b>
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Odesa National Fine Arts Museum<\/b>
\n<\/b>5a Sofiivska St., Odesa<\/b><\/h5>\n

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Speakers: <\/span>Oleksandr Knyha<\/b>, <\/span>Yuliia Manukian<\/b>, and <\/span>Serhii Diachenko<\/b><\/p>\n

Moderator: <\/span>Oksana Dovgopolova<\/b><\/p>\n

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The shock of how quickly Kherson Oblast was occupied in 2022\u2014and subsequently liberated in November of the same year\u2014revealed to Ukrainians many new things about themselves. Pro-Ukrainian meetings in defiance of Russians\u2019 armed threats, reliance on survival strategies, and forced collaboration with the enemy became a new reality. It may seem that culture cannot exist in a situation where people have to live under constant threat to their lives. But is that really so? The Kherson occupation period provides many facts to demonstrate the meaning of culture for Ukrainian society and Russian occupiers. Let\u2019s reflect on this experience and preserve it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Oleksandr Knyha<\/b>, General Director of Mykola Kulish Kherson Regional Academic Music and Drama Theater; <\/span>Yulia Manukian<\/b>, the Founder of Urban Re-Public NGO and curator of art and urban projects; <\/span>Serhii Diachenko<\/b>, museum specialist, local history expert, and architect; <\/span>Oksana Dovgopolova<\/b>, D. Sc. Philosophy, professor at Kyiv School of Economy, and curator of the Past \/ Future \/ Art memory culture platform<\/span><\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\r\n

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