On Saturday, 5 July, at 16:00, the War Museum and Goethe-Institut Ukraine invites you to a discussion “How to work with memory” as a part of the exhibition project “Memory. Interchange”.
The culture of memory is a dynamic environment that requires constant reflection on one’s own past, updating the forms of its analysis and preservation. It is a space in which social values, priorities, and visions of the future are being determined. It is a point at which collective identity is being formed.
At the exhibition “Memory. Interchange” we will discuss how the European culture of remembrance of the Second World War, one of the most tragic pages of human history, is being shaped. Fabian Mühlthaler, Head of Goethe-Institut Ukraine, will talk about how Ukraine and Germany are jointly shaping the ways of working with the traumatic past. Roman Kabachiy, a historian, will speak about the role of the War Museum in this process.
Polina Kuznetsova (Ukraine), Eva Neidlinger (Germany) and Jenny Alten (Germany), the participants of the exhibition “Memory. Interchange”, will share their experience of discovering and studying family archives and memories of their ancestors who participated in and witnessed the Second World War. We will discuss how traumatic experience divides and memory unites across generations and borders.
Languages of the discussion: Ukrainian, English.
Participants – artists, participants of the exhibition project “Memory. Interchange” at the War Museum:
- Polina Kuznetsova, Ukraine
- Eva Neidlinger, Germany
- Jenny Alten, Germany
and Fabian Mühlthaler – Director of Goethe-Institut Ukraine
Moderator:
- Roman Kabachiy – War Museum
You can join the event by registering here
The discussion “How to Work with Memory” will be held in partnership with Goethe-Institut Ukraine.
“Memory. Interchange” is a project about the personal and family memory of the Second World War and its comprehension in the present. The exhibition presents episodes from the war life of the Ukrainian and German peoples.
The exhibition is based on the family stories of three artists – Polina Kuznetsova (Ukraine), Eva Neidlinger (Germany) and Jenny Alten (Germany). Having intersected in the past, now they serve as a basis for reflection on the memory of the Second World War.
The project is implemented in cooperation with the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst and supported by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine.
