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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Jessica Durlacher

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#notspeechless: Jessica Durlacher

Artists speak out about the war in Ukraine. Jessica Durlacher is a prize-winning Dutch writer.

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Artists speak out about the war

<p>Artists speak out about the war in Ukraine. Jessica Durlacher is a prize-winning Dutch writer.</p>

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Sasha Waltz is considered one of the most important contemporary choreographers. Her pieces Körper and Dialoge cemented her international reputation. Together with Jochen Sandig, she founded her dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests in Berlin.

Sasha Waltz, one of the most important contemporary choreographers, demands the end to the war

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sasha Waltz

Raúl Krauthausen is a committed activist for inclusion and accessibility. He is an author, animator and founder of the association "Sozialhelden". In 2021 he published, together with Benjamin Schwarz, the book Wie Kann Ich Etwas Bewegen.

Raúl Krauthausen is a committed activist for inclusion and accessibility

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Raúl Krauthausen

Author Sibylle Berg has written numerous award-winning novels and plays. She lives in Zurich.

Author Sibylle Berg has written numerous award-winning novels and plays. She lives in Zurich

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sibylle Berg

Jagoda Marinić is a German writer of Croatian origin. He recently published the book "Sheroes: Neue Held*innen braucht das Land". Marinić hosts a podcast for Hessischer Rundfunk, is a columnist for Stern, and directs the Heidelberg Intercultural Center.

Jagoda Marinić, a German writer of Croatian origin, speaks out against the war in Ukraine

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Jagoda Marinić

Ukrainian director of The Earth is as Blue as an Orange, a film about a family caught up in the war in Donbas, gives her thoughts on the war in Ukraine.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Iryna Tsilyk

Sasha Marianna Salzmann is a playwright and resident author at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2021, Salzmann's second novel, Everything Must be Glorious in People, was published. In this video, Salzmann reads from a poem by the Ukrainian writer Serhij Zhadan from his collection of poems Antenna.

Sasha Marianna Salzmann is a playwright and resident author at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sasha Marianna Salzmann

Lyudmila Ulitskaya is a prominent contemporary Russian writer. Her volume of stories Alissa Buys Her Death was published in German in February. A critic of Putin, Ulitskaya left for Germany in March.

Ludmiła Ulicka

Lyudmila Ulitskaya is a prominent contemporary Russian writer who fled Russia in March

Ukrainian singer Jamala won the Eurovision song competition in 2016. She sung 1944, a song about Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars. With her children, she fled Ukraine to escape the war.

Ukrainian singer Jamala is famous for her rendition of 1944, a song about Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Jamala

Pavel Syutkin is a Russian historian. He published the book CCCP Cook Book: True Stories of Soviet Cuisine, a culinary cultural history of the Soviet Union, and is broadcasting his statement from Russia.

Pavel Syutkin published the CCCP Cook Book: True Stories of Soviet Cuisine

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Pavel Syutkin

Artists around the world speak out in protest against the war in Ukraine. Emilia Roig is a French author and activist, resident in Berlin.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Emilia Roig

Artists around the world speak out in protest against the war in Ukraine. Belgian curator Chris Dercon pays homage to Ukrainian artists.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Chris Dercon

Ivan Lefkovits was born in Czechoslovakia. As a child, he survived two concentration camps. The immunologist now lives in Switzerland. In 2016 he published the collection of memoirs Mit Meiner Vergangenheit Lebe Ich, which recounts the experiences of Holocaust survivors.

Ivan Lefkovits

Ivan Lefkovits survived two concentration camps as a child

Artists speak out about the war in Ukraine. Ai Weiwei is a Chinese artist and activist and perhaps the best-known contemporary artist in the world.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Ai Weiwei

Artists speak out against the war in Ukraine. Born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Nino Haratischwili now lives in Hamburg. She is a novelist, playwright and director.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Nino Haratischwili

Artists speak out about the war in Ukraine. Canadian soprano and conductor Barbara Hannigan is a champion of contemporary music.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Barbara Hannigan

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages of peace. Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky is from Moscow, he is famous for his best-selling science-fiction novels.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Dmitry Glukhovsky

Artists from Ukraine and around the world speak out about the war in Ukraine. Denis Ivanov is a Ukrainian producer and film distributor.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Denis Ivanov

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Oksana Lyniv is an Internationally renowned Ukrainian conductor.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Oksana Lyniv

Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson ended his long-term performance work "Santa Barbara - A Living Sculpture" at the GES-2 cultural centre in Moscow with the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is his message about the war.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Ragnar Kjartansson

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages of peace. Shiring Neshat is an Iranian artist, photographer and filmmaker living in the USA since 1979.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Shirin Neshat

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Oleg Sentsov is a Ukrainian film director.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Oleg Senzow

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian rapper Alyona Alyona asks the world for help.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Alyona Alyona

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian film director Alexander Rodnyansky prays for peace.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Alexander Rodnyansky

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Serbian performance artist Marina Abramović shows her support.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Marina Abramovic

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about Ukraine. Wladimir Kaminer is a Russian-German writer famous for his novel Russendisko.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Wladimir Kaminer

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. British violinist Daniel Hope and Ukrainian pianist Alexei Botvinov give a message of solidarity.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Daniel Hope and Alexey Botvinov

Artists speak out against the war in Ukraine. Belarusian author Sasha Filipenko calls on Europe to act forcefully.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sasha Filipenko

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Konstantin Manaev is a Russian solo cellist resident in Berlin.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Konstantin Manaev

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Eugen vom Dach is guitarist in the thrash metal band, Pripjat. Born in St Petersburg, he grew up in Kyiv. Today he lives in Cologne.

Eugen vom Dach is guitarist in the thrash metal band, Pripjat. Born in St Petersburg, he grew up in Kyiv. Today he lives in Cologne.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Eugen vom Dach

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Dudana Masmanishvili is a Georgian pianist.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Dudana Masmanischwili

Artists from Ukraine and around the world send their messages about the war in Ukraine. Jan Müller is bassist for the German band, Tocotronic.

#Ukraine #notspeechless: Jan Müller, Tocotronic

#Ukraine #notspeechless - Artists speak out about the war

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#Ukraine #notspeechless - Artists speak out about the war

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sasha Waltz

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Raúl Krauthausen

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sibylle Berg

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Jagoda Marinić

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Iryna Tsilyk

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#Ukraine #notspeechless: Sasha Marianna Salzmann