ANNA AND ANASTASIIA HRECHKINA ARE TWIN SISTERS AND CULTURAL ACTIVISTS FROM MARIUPOL, UKRAINE. ON FEBRUARY 24, 2022, THE SISTERS WOKE UP TO A FULL-SCALE INVASION OUTSIDE THEIR WINDOW. THEY SPENT THREE WEEKS SURROUNDED BY RUSSIAN FORCES, DOCUMENTING THE DECLINE OF THEIR LIVES AND BELOVED HOMETOWN IN THEIR DIARIES.
“MISTO MARII: THE SIEGE DIARIES” IS BASED ON THESE DIARY ENTRIES AND FRAGMENTS OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY PLAYWRIGHT ANDRII BONDARENKO AND DIRECTOR YEVHENIIA VIDISHCHEVA IN THE MONTHS AFTER THE GIRLS’ ORDEAL. THROUGH THE SISTER’S WORDS, PERFORMERS NADIIA GOLUBTSOVA AND MARUSIA IONOVA (MARIIA&MAGDALYNA), SAXOPHONIST ANDRII BARMALII, DRUMMER OLEKSANDR YAVDYK, ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN ANDRII SOKOLOV (WALAKOS), AND VJ PAVLO SIRKO GRAPPLE WITH THE COLLECTIVE TRAUMA OF WAR TO CREATE A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL PERFORMANCE.
LIVE ON STAGE, THE PERFORMERS BLEND VARIOUS MUSICAL GENRES AND TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS FROM THE DONETSK REGION. THE SOUNDSCAPE ENVELOPS THE AUDIENCES WHILE IMAGES OF OUR HEROINES IN THEIR CHILDHOOD HOME VIDEOS ARE JUXTAPOSED AGAINST CHILLING NEWS CLIPS EXPOSING THE HORRORS OF BLOCKADED MARIUPOL.
PREMIERE, KYIV
DECEMBER 16-17, 2023
OUR MISSION
THE MISSION OF THE PROJECT IS TO REPRESENT THE RELEVANT UKRAINIAN CONTEXT WITH CONTEMPORARY UKRAINIAN ARTISTS WHO LIVE AND CREATE IN UKRAINE, REFLECTING ON THE THEMES OF WAR AND TRAUMA, AND CONVERTING THIS INTO A POWERFUL ARTISTIC PRODUCT CAPABLE OF INFLUENCING INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC DECISIONS, SUCH AS: LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE, RECONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, COUNTERING RUSSIAN CULTURAL EXPANSION AND ARMED AGGRESSION.
THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY OF THE PROJECT "MISTO MARII: THE SIEGE DIARIES" INCLUDES SHOWCASES IN EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN THEATRICAL VENUES.
TODAY, THE PROJECT TEAM, TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS, IS WORKING ON ORGANIZING A TOUR ACROSS EUROPE FOR 2025-2026 AND THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT.
WE WOULD APPRECIATE SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT TEAM THROUGH THE LINKS BELOW.
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FESTIVALS, 2024
AVIGNON FESTIVAL (FRANCE, JULY) / SIRENOS (LITHUANIA, OCTOBER)
VIDLIK PROJECTS TEAM
CREATES AND PRODUCES DOCUMENTARY MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL ART PRODUCTS
WE PLAN TO RAISE 50,000 EUROS, ALL FUNDS RAISED, IN FULL, WILL BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE END OF 2024, AS PART OF THE PROJECT "MISTO MARII: THE SIEGE DIARIES".
THE PAYER AGREES THAT THE FUNDS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE AFTER THE DONATION.
A PERSON WHO MAKES A DONATION TO A SPECIFIC PROJECT AGREES TO THEIR REDISTRIBUTION/USE IN OTHER PROJECTS.
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