Open to life.
Ready to
defend it.
Defence and culture, side by side.
What Ukraine builds to protect its life stands next to what it creates to give that life meaning.
Touring fair where Ukrainian defence technology meets contemporary Ukrainian culture
Flamingo Horugva
Valerii Puzik, Alex Zakletsky
Deeds of Gardariki
Mykhailo Skop
Heavenly Host
Yurii Myrko
Pink Dot
Ruslan Tremba
Art by Ukraine’s defenders
Every artist you will meet here is a soldier first of all, and an artist beyond that
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Ukrainian Autonomous Systems
Frontline-proven defence tech
Up to ten Ukrainian manufacturers show technology developed and tested in real conditions
Partners
The sound of Ukraine
Live music in the evening, from electric bandura to dark cabaret, with a different line-up in every city
The sound of Ukraine
The sound of Ukraine
The sound of Ukraine
Literature from
the front
Books, poems and a wall of names from Ukrainian writers at war
Books from the front
Poems from the trenches
The Unwritten
Books by Artem Chekh, Yaryna Chornohuz, Artur Dron and other writers who now defend Ukraine sit in ammunition boxes. Open one, scan its QR code and get the author’s story in English.
Put on the headphones. Soldiers read their own poems, filmed in the combat zone, with English subtitles.
A wall for the writers this war has killed, Victoria Amelina among them. Every name is a book that will never be finished. Add one.
Learn how to protect your mind
Every crisis starts in the mind. Before any threat becomes physical, someone tries to change how we think and decide. Debunking fakes is no longer enough. Ukraine builds AI-based tools to protect societies from hostile influence, and is ready to share them with its partners
Programme & visit
Oslo
Oct 30–31
+
13:00
After Captivity
[Talk] Juan Leyva + local speaker
What happens to a person, and to a society, after someone comes home from captivity. Ukrainian defenders and a local guest on return, recovery and the long way back.
Moderator: Valerii Shyrokov
14:10
The War You Don't See
[Talk] Oleksandr Komarov, Vakhtang Kipiani, Nataliia Kryvda + local speaker
Hybrid war, the information space and the fight over how reality is perceived. How attacks that never hit a building work, and how Ukraine has learned to counter them.
Moderator: Andrii Martynenko
16:30
Guest lecture
[Lecture] Speaker TBA
A talk by an international speaker known to a wide audience. Name and topic to be announced.
18:00
Ivan Tkalenko · Dakh Daughters
[Concert]
13:30
Ukraine and the Nordic Countries: A Forgotten Connection
[Talk] Vakhtang Kipiani + local speaker
The historical and present-day ties between Ukraine and the Nordic countries: the paths they have shared, and the ones they took apart.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
15:00
The Words of War
[Talk] Ihor Mitrov, Alina Sarnatska + local speaker
How war renames reality, what happens to universal ideas and values in wartime, and why “Hemingway knows nothing”.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
17:00
Vasyl Slipak Ensemble · Orchestra 59 · NAZVA · ZIFERBLAT
[Concert]
Fri 30 Oct
Sat 31 Oct
Where
+
stockholm
6–7 nov
15:00
Ukraine and the Nordic Countries: A Forgotten Connection
[Talk] Vakhtang Kipiani, Nataliia Kryvda, Mykhailo Skop + local speaker
The historical and present-day ties between Ukraine and the Nordic countries: the paths they have shared, and the ones they took apart.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukashov
16:00
The War You Don't See
[Talk] Yuliia "Taira" Paievska, Oleksandr Komarov + local speaker
Hybrid war, the information space and the fight over how reality is perceived. How attacks that never hit a building work, and how Ukraine has learned to counter them.
Moderator: Valerii Shyrokov
17:00
Ivan Tkalenko · Vasyl Slipak Ensemble
[Concert]
17:00
Contemporary Ukrainian Art
[Exhibition] Curator: Alex Zakletsky
Painting, sculpture, ceramics and textiles on war, national identity and the changing meaning of cultural symbols. Press preview and a tour with the curator. Open until 21:00.
19:00
Dakh Daughters
[Concert]
Fri 6 Nov
Sat 7 Nov
Where
Fri 6 Nov · Ukrainian Institute in Sweden · Strömsborgsbron 1, Stockholm (by invitation)
Sat 7 Nov · Stora Salen at Nalen
Regeringsgatan 74, 111 39 Stockholm
TBA
HElsinki
nov 13–14
13:00
After Captivity
[Talk] Juan Leyva + local speaker
What happens to a person, and to a society, after someone comes home from captivity. Ukrainian defenders and a local guest on return, recovery and the long way back.
Moderator: Valerii Shyrokov
14:10
The War You Don't See
[Talk] Oleksandr Komarov, Vakhtang Kipiani, Nataliia Kryvda + local speaker
Hybrid war, the information space and the fight over how reality is perceived. How attacks that never hit a building work, and how Ukraine has learned to counter them.
Moderator: Andrii Martynenko
16:30
Guest lecture
[Lecture] Speaker TBA
A talk by an international speaker known to a wide audience. Name and topic to be announced.
18:00
Ivan Tkalenko · Dakh Daughters
[Concert]
13:30
Ukraine and the Nordic Countries: A Forgotten Connection
[Talk] Vakhtang Kipiani + local speaker
The historical and present-day ties between Ukraine and the Nordic countries: the paths they have shared, and the ones they took apart.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
15:00
The Words of War
[Talk] Ihor Mitrov, Alina Sarnatska + local speaker
How war renames reality, what happens to universal ideas and values in wartime, and why “Hemingway knows nothing”.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
17:00
Vasyl Slipak Ensemble · Orchestra 59 · NAZVA · ZIFERBLAT
[Concert]
Fri 30 Oct
Sat 31 Oct
Where
TBA
tallinn
nov 20–21
13:00
After Captivity
[Talk] Juan Leyva + local speaker
What happens to a person, and to a society, after someone comes home from captivity. Ukrainian defenders and a local guest on return, recovery and the long way back.
Moderator: Valerii Shyrokov
14:10
The War You Don't See
[Talk] Oleksandr Komarov, Vakhtang Kipiani, Nataliia Kryvda + local speaker
Hybrid war, the information space and the fight over how reality is perceived. How attacks that never hit a building work, and how Ukraine has learned to counter them.
Moderator: Andrii Martynenko
16:30
Guest lecture
[Lecture] Speaker TBA
A talk by an international speaker known to a wide audience. Name and topic to be announced.
18:00
Ivan Tkalenko · Dakh Daughters
[Concert]
13:30
Ukraine and the Nordic Countries: A Forgotten Connection
[Talk] Vakhtang Kipiani + local speaker
The historical and present-day ties between Ukraine and the Nordic countries: the paths they have shared, and the ones they took apart.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
15:00
The Words of War
[Talk] Ihor Mitrov, Alina Sarnatska + local speaker
How war renames reality, what happens to universal ideas and values in wartime, and why “Hemingway knows nothing”.
Moderator: Kyrylo Lukash
17:00
Vasyl Slipak Ensemble · Orchestra 59 · NAZVA · ZIFERBLAT
[Concert]
Fri 30 Oct
Sat 31 Oct
Where
Getting there
Children
Accessibility
Filipstad, by the harbour west of Aker Brygge. Paid parking next to the hall. Nearest public transport stop — TBC.
Age rules — TBC with the organiser. Skur 13 is a skate hall that runs family sessions on weekends.
Two large halls in a converted harbour warehouse. Step-free route and accessible toilets — to confirm with the venue.
Partners
With the support of
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