Natalya Bekhta (Tampere, Finland) and her co-author Yarko Filevych (Lviv, Ukraine) will present their current work-in-progress: a “мальопис / maliopys,” or a drawn history of Ukrainian utopia. This book project, funded by the Kone Foundation, will offer the first-ever overview of the utopian tradition in Ukrainian culture and, by way of general framing, also present current theoretical conceptions of utopia in a popular form. We’ll also briefly discuss the practical and conceptual challenges (and joys!) of translating the habitually verbal and partial visions of better futures into the concreteness of colours and lines that a comic book demands.
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The presentation will take place on 7 October, 16:15 (EEST) at Narrare (Pinni B4113) and online. Please follow the LINK to Narrare‘s webpage for details.