Images and Objects of Russia's War against Ukraine

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has destroyed lives, communities, and cities. From the start, images of this war spread across various media platforms. Paintings, photographs, drone footage, TikToks, and Instagram posts shaped how the war is experienced, represented, and archived. In this multidisciplinary volume, artists, scholars, and writers explore how art, media, infrastructures, and material culture respond to and contest the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Summary

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has destroyed lives, communities, and cities. From the start, images of this war spread across various media platforms. Paintings, photographs, drone footage, TikToks, and Instagram posts shaped how the war is experienced, represented, and archived. In this multidisciplinary volume, artists, scholars, and writers explore how art, media, infrastructures, and material culture respond to and contest the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Product details

• Assisted by: Migl_ Bareikyt_ (Editor), Migle Bareikyte (Editor), Miglė Bareikytė (Editor), Natasha Klimenko (Editor), Vik Sereda (Editor), Viktoryia Sereda (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9783837679403
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-7940-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Forum Transregionale Studien - Dossiers
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Image, Ukraine, Photography & photographs, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Russia, Theory of art, War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, The arts: general issues, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, ART / General, Social interaction, HISTORY / Social History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Social & cultural history, EDUCATION / Research, ART / Museum Studies, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, ART / Criticism & Theory, ART / European, ART / Film & Video, ART / Art & Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, PHOTOGRAPHY / Criticism, History of art / art & design styles, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Museum Administration & Museology, The arts, Communities, General & world history, auseinandersetzen, Literary studies: general, Philosophy & theory of education, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Violence in society, Human Geography, Urban communities, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Film Theory & Criticism, Museology & heritage studies, Culture and institutions, Factors affecting social behavior, Social processes, History, geography, and auxiliary disciplines, History, geographic treatment, biography, Public performances, Computer art (Digital art), Philosophy and theory of fine and decorative arts, East Indo-European and Celtic literatures, Photography, computer art, cinematography, videography