soundwalk premiere
Tuesday, May 13, at 19:00 (premiere)
Wednesday, May 14, at 19:00
Meeting point: Severni mestni park, Park Rastoče knjige, Ljubljana (maps.app.goo.gl/GSzAi2D3FtudcoQdA)
Between reality and dream, where landscapes of war, memory, and poetry unfold.
The sound walk weaves together personal memories, dreamlike landscapes, and the brutal reality of the war in Ukraine. Conceived as an audio walk through an urban park, it alternates between realistic and surreal worlds – telling the real stories through the mindscape of an injured Ukrainian soldier. Dedicated to the Park Rastoče knjige, through multilingual narration (Slovene, Ukrainian), VRTATYS’ soundwalk brings to the audience diverse literature resources – Ukrainian baroque poetry by Hryhorii Skovoroda, Slovenian modernist prose by Ivan Cankar, authentic Crimeantatar poem by Alie Kendzhe-Ali, as well as personal narrations and sound environments from people, who are currently in Ukraine and on occupied Ukrainian territories. Project highlights the tensions between home and exile, roots and transplantation, past and future. The project merges an artistic approach with documentary precision and poetic sensitivity.
COLOPHON
Concept and composition: Tetiana Khoroshun
Writing and dramaturgy: Felisa Ko
Narration in Slovene: Felisa Ko, Neža Dvorščak, Irena Pivka, Peter Podgoršek, Marko Rafolt
Narration in Ukrainian: Tetiana Khoroshun, Valeriia Chudentsova, Andrii Anisimov, Artem Makshayev, Alla Zahaikevych, Anastasiia Alyoshina, Margarita Cherenkof
Photography: Aleksandr Lis, Katya Schigol
Mentors: Irena Pivka, Brane Zorman
Design: Matej Tomažin
The text of the sound walk includes excerpts and poems by Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ivan Cankar, Alie Kendzhe-Ali, Anastasiia Alyoshina, Alla Zahaikevych, and Margarita Cherenkof.
Production: Cona, 2025.
This project is supported by “Culture Helps / Культура допомагає” – a project implemented by Insha Osvita (UA) and zusa (DE), and co-funded by the European Union under a dedicated call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced people and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors.
