As part of their Woven Network \ Women’s Network collaborative project, Intercult hosted a webinar focusing on the role of artists and their social conditions in different countries during the pandemic. The webinar gathered experiences from Europe (Ukraine, Scotland, England, and Sweden) and analyses some issues that have arisen during the pandemic and their effects on some of the most vulnerable groups. “Women, artists, and the internet have been revealed as the 3 pillars to which we have all turned in our efforts to survive the pandemic for the last 6 months.”
The speakers question the circumstances artists worked in during the lockdown and how one can learn protection and care strategies from an international community. The webinar focuses specifically on female experiences, highlighting the invisible and undervalued work of women on the frontline during the pandemic.
Speakers:
Диана Берг (Diana Berg), director of Platform Tu (Mariupol, Ukraine) curator, cultural manager,
Iwona Preis CEO of Intercult (Stockholm, Sweden), international culture projects leader
Liz Gardiner, director of Fablevision (Govan, Scotland), cultural planning specialist
Ilona Demchenko, program manager of House of Europe (Kyiv, Ukraine)
Moderator:
Inga Pylypchuk, Berlin-based Ukrainian journalist, filmmaker, feminist, manager of “Kyiv Dialogue“
The webinar starts the public program of international digital cooperation project “Woven network \ Women’s network” that explores and reevaluates the use of digital tools, materials, and the practice of distanced collaboration, through the creative work of female artists from Ukraine and three other European countries.
