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Peace Letters to Ukraine

Starting on 1 March 2022,
The New Museum of Networked Art – is realising during The Russian War against Ukraine (open end) in an exchange between virtual and physical space the audio-visual art project – Peace Letters to Ukraine – as an internationally networked action between participating artists, curators and cultural institutions in solidarity with Ukraine. Initiated by the Cologne based media artist and curator Agricola de Cologne – The Peace Letters Project – would not only like to honour the collaboration with Ukrainian artists, curators and cultural institutions since 2008, but contribute to Peace and defend the endangered freedom – freedom of the word, expression and movement as the fundament of free art and culture.

The World is in turmoil, the human civilisation is in turmoil, culture is in turmoil, the artists are in turmoil – violence and war in Ukraine and elsewhere, the war of the political systems and ideologies, genocide, racism, intolerance, climate change, pandemic, expulsion, refugees, globalization – and all simultaneously! The global crisis!
And what function might art have in all that mess? What message may transport these Peace Letters?
In any case much more than just promising support and solidarity and by no means the delivery of lethal weapons, but rather summoning the positive creativity when we, that’s the world community, are staying together brainstorming, acting in respect and responsibility for each other. Art as a tool for sensitizing and encouragement and – Peace.
More than 250 selected artists – coming from different continents and cultural backgrounds – show and offer their positive creativity via their audio-visual creations.

The Peace Letters to Ukraine Project is initiated by the Cologne based media artist and chief-curator Wilfried Agricola de Cologne for The New Museum of Networked Art as a networked artistic action in reaction on the war against the Ukraine in solidarity with the Ukrainian people.

The Peace Letters Project is realised between the networked participating artists, curators and cultural institutions in an exchange between virtual and physical space, a physical venue is always simultaneously connected with the virtual space of Alphabet Art Centre, operating from Cologne. The Peace Letters are sent from Cologne to a physical venue which is sending the Peace Letters to Ukraine by screening the (for each venue individually prepared) programs.

Venues
Alphabet Art Centre Cologne (Germany) 2 March-05 May 2022
VisArts Center Rockville (MD/USA) – 07-08 May 2022
Thessaloniki Municipal Art Gallery (Greece) 18-20 May 2022
Torrance Art Museum Los Angeles (CA/USA) – 04-25 June 2022
Rhizome DC Washington DC (USA) – 07 July 2022
IzDoc Izmir (Turkey) – 20-22 January 2023
Stützpunkt Teufelsberg Berlin (Germany) – 17-18 June 2023
HSK Bremen/Ottersberg (Germany) – 13 – 15 July 2023
Cinematheque Quito (Ecuador) – 25/26 August 2023
IIPPE Conference Madrid (Spain) – 6-8 September 2023

Peace Letters Summer Marathon 2022
in 90 days around the world
04 June – 30 September 2022

Peace Letters Winter Marathon 2022/2023
in 80 days around the World
12 December 2022-05 March 2023

The “Peace Letters to Ukraine Project” @ The Ukraine Darkroom
is a collaboration / networked action between

THe New Museum od Networked Art,
Wilfried Agricola de Cologne (Cologne/Germany) as chief curator, Yarina Butkovska (Lviv/Ukraine) as co-curator, the associated curators – Antonio Alvarado (Spain) – Rainer Krause (Chile) – Paulo B. Menezes (Portugal) – Gioula Papadopulou (Greece) – Simo Saarikoski (Finland) – Erick Tapia (Mexico) – Maurizio Marco Tozzi (Italy) – Tahir Un (Turkey), the curated/selected/participating artists, and – the networked/collaborating/participating cultural institutions

in an exchange between virtual & physical space
@ Alphabet Art Centre and the networked physical venues.

All texts, images and videos © by the artists/authors/curators or owners.

The Online/Offline Project – “Peace Letters to Ukraine Project”, its concept, design, work out & realization © 2022 by Agricola de Cologne/The New Museum of Networked Art.

The Peace Letters to Ukraine Project
is corporate part of
The Violence Project.