Drifting

Those gifs are made from the music video Shelter Our Sky by Ukrainian-Canadian duet Balaklava Blues. It was released at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Almost a year has passed, but the message is still actual. We do need to shelter our sky to save our lives.

“At this moment, your spirit, your strength of spirit is like a light, it’s a light of the world. And I pray it’s bright enough to guide you through this darkness.”

The famous director and Oscar winner, Martin Scorsese, addressed the Ukrainian people.

“This machine kills fascists” was written on Woody Guthrie's guitar, an American folk singer from the 1950s. “These songs kill russian fascists (rushists)” could be a subtitle of this project, developed and produced in 2022 between Ukraine, Germany, France, and Austria. Beats that bite, rhymes that kill, poetry, and music united as a weapon.

Joining forces with a Berlin-based musician and producer Yuriy Gurzhy to create a brutal soundtrack of this year are Ukrainian poets Grigory Semenchuk (and his hip hop alter ego BRAT) and Lyuba Yakimchuk as well as musician and writer Irena Karpa. Curated by Oksana Shchur.

🔺 Ukrainian Songs Of Love And Hate 🔺