Images and Objects of Russia´s War against Ukraine - Instytut Pileckiego

Book Launch + Discussion with Natasha Klimenko, Miglė Bareikytė, Viktoriya Sereda and Eva Yakubovska 

Open-access-link https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7940-3/images-and-objects-of-russia-s-war-against-ukraine/

10 November 2025 | 6pm | Pilecki-Institute Berlin, Pariser Platz 4A, 10117 Berlin

Panelists: Natasha Klimenko, Miglė Bareikytė, Viktoriya Sereda; Moderation: Eva Yakubovska 

Registration: https://forms.gle/riGnGz14jBQrADeMA

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has destroyed lives, communities, and cities. From the start, images of this destruction spread across various media platforms. Paintings, photographs, drone footage, TikToks, and Instagram posts shaped how the war is experienced, represented, and archived. In this multidisciplinary volume, artists, scholars, and writers explore how art, media, infrastructures, and material culture respond to and contest the Russo–Ukrainian War.

The book launch will feature a presentation of the volume, followed by a panel discussion about the role of art during wartime and in commemoration. The editors of the book will explore how different forms of media and artistic expression document and interpret the war, influence collective memory, and engage with the lived realities of the war. 

In addition, the event will include a screening of an essay film based on selected contributions from the book, highlighting the intersections of art, media, and war. By combining presentations, discussion, and film, the event aims to provide a comprehensive reflection on war, visual culture, and commemorative practices in Ukraine.

All guests are invited to join the reception afterwards. 

(Natasha Klimenko is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Global Intellectual History held at Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Miglė Bareikytė is an assistant professor of digital studies at Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder; Viktoriya Sereda is a sociologist and head coordinator of the Virtual Ukraine Institute for Advanced Study (VUIAS).)

For participation please register via prisma@trafo-berlin.de