Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war,
almost 15 million Ukrainians have lost their homes and had to seek refuge as internal refugees or abroad.
Among them are many children and young people who no longer have a home and are forced to live in new places and in strange houses, dormitories or to live in emergency accommodation.
almost 15 million Ukrainians have lost their homes and had to seek refuge as internal refugees or abroad.
Among them are many children and young people who no longer have a home and are forced to live in new places and in strange houses, dormitories or to live in emergency accommodation.
In recent months, over 100,000 internally displaced people have been received in the Chernivtsi region and in the regional capital of the same name. The meaning of what home is and what role it plays for everyone has changed fundamentally under these conditions. In order to cope with the multiple and often final loss, opportunities for articulation and (re)location are required. Artistic approaches create such possibilities.
The art-education project NOSTOS (ancient Greek for homecoming)
enables refugees and young people from Chernivtsi between the ages of 15 and 17
enables refugees and young people from Chernivtsi between the ages of 15 and 17
to deal with the concept of home and its individual conceptual shifts caused by the war.
Together with the curators of the project and mentors from the Ukrainian art scene, the participants use artistic practices to articulate their individual relationship to the concept of home, ask themselves related questions and try to find answers or explore new perspectives or dimensions.
Together with the curators of the project and mentors from the Ukrainian art scene, the participants use artistic practices to articulate their individual relationship to the concept of home, ask themselves related questions and try to find answers or explore new perspectives or dimensions.
The project took place with the kind support of the Goethe-Institut Ukraine
