public presentation of soundwalk
Monday, 3 Feb, at 14:30
Northern City Park Ljubljana
Step into the garden of remembrance.
The soundwalk weaves together personal memories, dreamlike landscapes and the brutal reality of the war in Ukraine. Conceived as an audio walk through an urban park, it alternates between realistic and surreal worlds – telling the real stories through the mindscape of an injured Ukrainian soldier. Dedicated to the Park Rastoče knjige, through multilingual narration (Slovenian, Ukrainian), VRTATYS’ sound walk brings to the audience diverse literature resources – Ukrainian baroque poetry by Hryhorii Skovoroda, Slovenian modernist prose by Ivan Cankar, an authentic Crimeantatar poem by Alie Kendzhe-Ali, as well as personal narrations and sound environments from people who are currently in Ukraine and on occupied Ukrainian territories. The project highlights the tensions between home and exile, roots and transplantation, past and future. It merges an artistic approach with documentary precision and poetic sensitivity.
This project is supported by “Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” – a project implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE), and co-funded by the European Union under a dedicated call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced people and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors.
