The artist Vlada Ralko talks about language research and art as a universal language that is understandable to people with different backgrounds, about how the ability to speak distinguishes us from the Soviet person, and about the series of works Kyiv Diary and Lviv Diary.

00:00 Art Beyond Politics is a discourse of a Soviet person

03:42 Why there are two Russia's in the imagination of foreigners: one bad, killing, raping, and the other good, cult-like

05:25 About language in Vlada Ralko's projects

06:22 Can the Lviv Diary be called a documentary project?

08:00 About the series of works "Kyiv Diary"

10:00 What symbols of Ukrainian traditional culture can tell us who we are

12:33 Has the full-scale invasion opened a new dimension of sensitivity in us?

16:02 About the series of works "Lviv Diary"

19:29 About the images in Lviv Diary

21:38 Is it possible for "Soviet people" to return to Ukraine after the victory?

24:55 About citizen artists in art and the separation of civic position from art