Disturbed Ground is a collaboration between Kyiv’s ∄ and CTM Festival, supported by the Goethe-Institut Co-production Fund, uniting Ukrainian and international artists to address the ecological consequences of war. Working with scientists at ∄’s u2203 studio, they translate environmental trauma into sound and image.
In »The Core,« Khrystyna Kirik and Mark Bain use seismic data from missile strikes and daily tremors to turn violence into vibration, exploring how land absorbs and transmits pain.
»Heavy Waters« by undo despot, Zeynep Schilling, and alen hast + myk rudik gives voice to war-scarred rivers and poisoned landscapes, where water carries both contamination and memory.
A companion video by Vartan Markarian, »Horizons of Disappearance,« reflects on forests as fragile refuges under threat from war and climate change.
