{"id":14,"date":"2022-09-14T11:04:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T09:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/soniakh.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2024-03-18T19:52:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:52:26","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/soniakh.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-1024x190.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-1024x190.png 1024w, https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-300x56.png 300w, https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-768x143.png 768w, https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-1536x285.png 1536w, https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow-500x93.png 500w, https:\/\/soniakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/soniakh_logotype_yellow.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> is a platform amplifying voices and visions from Ukraine and those of Ukraine\u2019s allies and neighbors\u2014by artists, activists, and scholars\u2014in response to Russia&#8217;s war of aggression against Ukraine, and its worldwide propaganda machine. It strongly supports Ukrainian statehood and the right of Ukrainians to defend themselves against the Russian colonial invasion.\u00a0<strong><em>SONIAKH<\/em><\/strong> is developing a curatorial framework to examine possible sites of\/for Ukrainian subjectivity in the broader context of post- and decolonial processes and to explore the repercussions of Russian colonialism on national and ethnic identities both in Ukraine and beyond. <strong><em>SONIAKH<\/em><\/strong> strives to shed light on personal histories, employing the formats of artistic research and conversations with critical, phenomenological and psychoanalytic stances.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> [eng: <em>SUNFLOWER<\/em>]<em> <\/em>is named after an act of resistance carried out by an anonymous woman, an inhabitant of Henichesk, Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, she approached a Russian occupying soldier offering him a handful of sunflower seeds: &#8220;Put some seeds in your pocket, so that they will grow on Ukrainian land when you die&#8221;. <em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> as a name refers to the process of sublimation and reconstruction, whereby destruction is turned into new life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curators<\/strong>: Milena Khomchenko and\u00a0Valeriia Buradzhyieva <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>contact:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:soniakh.digest@gmail.com\">soniakh.digest@gmail.com<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<br>As of 2024, <em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> is run independently by its curators with the support from the Ukrainian NGO <em>Cultural Geographies<\/em>. The <em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> founding collective comprised artists, curators, journalists, editors, media experts and academics from Ukraine, together with allies united in solidarity with Ukraine. <em><strong>SONIAKH<\/strong><\/em> was affiliated with <a href=\"https:\/\/artmuseum.pl\/en\">the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/beczmiana.pl\/bup\/\">the Office for Postartistic Services<\/a> during 2022-2023 and supported by grants from the <a href=\"https:\/\/culturalfoundation.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">European Cultural Foundation<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/sigrid-rausing-trust.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sigrid Rausing Trust<\/a>. <br><br><strong>Co-Founding Collective<\/strong>: Valeriia Buradzhyieva, Sebastian Cichocki, Agata Cieslak, Jakub Depczy\u0144ski, Olga Dziubak, Milena Khomchenko, Yulia Krivich, Joanna \u0141a\u0142owska, Micha\u0142 Murawski, Clemens Poole, Oleksiy Radynski, Marta Romankiv, Natalia Sielewicz, Kuba Szreder, Vladyslav Vazheyevskyy, Mariia Vorotilina <br><strong>Website Design<\/strong>: Joanna \u0141a\u0142owska, Olga Dziubak, Agata Cie\u015blak. <br><strong>Coding:<\/strong> Aleksandra Gajda<br><br><strong><em>SONIAKH<\/em><\/strong> supports Ukrainian creators. The SONIAKH logotype was designed by Ukrainian designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nagovitsyna.com\/\">Nata Nagovitsyna<\/a>. 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