Dnipro River: who are you? II

Thank you to all who came to "Dnipro River: Who are you?" it was such a rich plural space. All the views from the Dnipro River brought us closer to the complexities of the current times, to the past and ancestral knowledge and traditional folklore songs about the Dnipro, to the relational narratives between water bodies, direct experiences with the Dnipro as well as the ecocides in the river such Kakhovka's dam destruction. It is a vast topic, vast as the many drops of water contained in this river, however, this space has opened up many questions about urgent topics that I wish to continue being working on.

Thanks so much to all speakers:
- Tetiana Gardashuk, Dr. Hab. in Philosophy, the Head of the Department of Logic and Methodology of Science, H. Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

- Illia Razumeiko, co-founder of Opera Aperta laboratory, composer and director of GAIA-24. Opera del mondo performance.

- Kateryna Sydelnikova, an ethnomusicologist, singer, and researcher of Ukrainian folklore, originally from the Zaporizhzhia region.

and myself: - Seila Fernández Arconada is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher whose practice focuses on contemporary ecosocial uncertainties, particularly in watery territories.

Thank you so much to our incredible moderator Olia Diatel and Opera Aperta for hosting the space in such welcoming way, it was such a beautiful experience.

This space was initiated by Seila Fernández Arconada during the project “Dnipro River: Ecosocial Belonging in War Time” in the frame of the mobility grant Culture Moves Europe” and developed it in partnership with NGO "Insha Osvita"​.

Photos by Oleksii Havryliuk, Seila Fernández Arconada and Tetiana Gardashuk

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