A music and poetry evening was held at the VOICES Exhibition of The Museum of Civilian Voices by Rinat Akhmetov Foundation

A theatre performance took place in Kyiv as part of the VOICES Exhibition. The exposition hall became a stage where DakhTrio vocalists and actors from the "Dakh" Contemporary Art Centre presented poems by Vasyl Stus and Taras Shevchenko to musical accompaniment. The emotional impression was complemented by the animated film Mariupol. A Hundred Nights - the soundtrack was performed live. 

‘I saw a gorgeous visual picture and a sound story. Everything together gave me goosebumps. The location itself makes you think about who you are and what you can do in the future to prevent all this from happening again. To avoid abandoned suitcases and ghosts of people around you,’ said one of the visitors. 

‘I think this performance should be shown at one of the European festivals. There are not many actors here, so it is not difficult to implement, and the effect will be good. The poems are very powerful, and I would like to thank Vasyl Stus for his poetry. At the end, his poem about Donbas was read... I'm not from Donbas, but it touched my heart... Along with footage from Azovstal and Mariupol,' said another event guest.

DakhTrio is a project of the Dakh Theatre that turns poetry into musical and theatrical journeys. Its voices are Sofiia Baskakova, Ihor Dymov and Volodymyr Rudenko. Vladimir Lutikov, actor of the "Dakh" Contemporary Art Centre, took part in the performance. A discussion followed the performance part of the event.

The Museum of Civilian Voices' multimedia space presents part of its 100,000 collection, the world's largest archive of first-hand stories of Ukrainians about the war. The exhibition aims to show the depth and power of human stories and reflect on the events of the war. Andrii Palatnyi is the line curator, and Vladislav Troitsky is the author of the concept.

You can visit the VOICES Exhibition free of charge at the Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv until the end of May at the following address: 7 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho Street, Kyiv.

Follow the announcements of new events on the social media of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation and the Museum's website: https://civilvoicesmuseum.org/