This experimental video project is a poetic dialogue between two Ukrainian poets exploring the experience of womanhood in a country at war. Through images of fossils and “shells,” it examines the limits of female resilience, the tension between strength and vulnerability, and rethinks petrified roles of women, presenting war as a moment of self-discovery and transformation of identity.
The project is part of the subtheme Poetic Infrastructures – Reclaiming Space, Building Commons.
Author
Marichka Stashko
Marichka Stashko was born in Ivano-Frankivsk. She studied at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television. She was a finalist in the video poetry contests ”Visibility and By the way: the displaced generatio by CYCLOP. Her poems have been published by Litcentr, Listok, Paradigm, the art digest Soloneba and translated into German, French and Polish.
Author
Christine Drohomyretska
Christine Drohomyretska is a writer, translator, film, literature and culture researcher, and English teacher. She is the author of more than 60 articles on the above-mentioned topics. She is the author of two books of poetry, Navigators Don't Work in the Dark and Dead Grass.
