Last weekend, On Time festival brought together Kyiv’s music, art and craft communities to celebrate creativity – and vent the trauma of the Russian invasion
estled in a peaceful green dell, hidden beneath a glowing canopy of deciduous woodland, the morning sun shines over the old river port of. Shafts of light pour into the courtyard of a bright-red, Soviet-era ribbon factory being artfully repurposed during a time of war.
Ukrainian artist Mykhailo Alekseenko peers from his broken window installation from one of the windows at Closer nightclub.“These events and artists are here for the same goal: to leverage art and music as a force against the misinformation and violence that is bringing devastation to our lives, our land and our cultures, and in the process to raise money for our army, our volunteer groups as well as our artists whose lives have been hit as hard by the war as anyone else.
“It has been so hard for everyone. Losing people we love and also watching helplessly as our business evaporated. At the end of February we already thought it was all over – because who needs rugs when people are losing their homes and leaving the country? We just take every day as if it was our last day and try not to worry much further than that, but we were lucky to find some great new customers abroad, mainly from the US, Canada, Europe.
Friends Kara from Kyiv and Zay from New Jersey are thrilled about the festival. According to Zay, Kyiv is special: “It’s such an amazing place for art and culture, and so, so bright and interesting. I love the people, and the country, and the culture.”
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