Lecture by Khrystyna Rutar “The Art of Memory: Testimony, Image, Future” with the participation of Henry Redwood
On Thursday, 4 December at 18:30, we invite you to the lecture by Khrystyna Rutar “The Art of Memory: Testimony, Image, Future” with the participation of Henry Redwood, held as part of the public programme for the exhibition “Certain Future Evidence” by Open Group (Yuriy Biley, Pavlo Kovach, Anton Varga).
The event will take place on the 2nd floor of the PinchukArtCentre, near the reception.
Participation is free with prior registration. The number of seats is limited.
Event languages: introductory online commentary by Henry Redwood – English; lecture by Khrystyna Rutar – Ukrainian.
Open Group explores how personal memories shape collective memory during wartime. In particular, the project “The Capital of Memory” is based on a paradoxical procedure: participants evaluate and select each other’s memories. This invites reflection on who shapes history and under what conditions, and why small micro-histories so often fall out of official memory.
The lecture will address how archives become instruments of power that establish a “proper” version of the past, and how the Open Group engages with the theme of war through the lens of memory studies.
Key questions of the lecture:
• How do societies preserve the memory of trauma?
• Why are some stories passed down while others disappear?
• What role does art play in shaping collective memory during war?
About the speakers
Khrystyna Rutar — researcher of cultural memory and trauma; lecturer at the Department of Cultural Studies at the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Department of Contemporary Art Practices at the Lviv National Academy of Arts. She is the author of the podcast “Studio of Memory.” Her work combines academic sensitivity with public humanities and socially engaged teaching.
Dr Henry Redwood — Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, where he also serves as Co-Director of the Programme in Political and Strategic Communications and Co-Lead of the Art and Conflict Hub. His research focuses on the intersection of conflict, trauma, archives, and art, with particular attention to participatory and artistic methodologies in post-conflict and war-affected contexts.
