Micro, Meso, Macro
<p>Since the escalation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Asia Bazdyrieva, who has settled in Germany, where the sociopolitical reality seems more and more volatile, has crossed the border between her home country and peaceful Western countries several times. She has experienced first-hand that this border produces two realms: the realm of being in pain and the realm of trying to prevent it at all costs. Ukraine’s resistance has put the country on the map: prior to the invasion, its territories were imaged and imagined as a site of inexhaustible resources that can feed the entire world; however, after the invasion, the fear of disruption has produced an emotional state that is identical to the one produced by climate change – the fear that the usual lifestyle will soon be over. The problematic yet convenient separation of climate and war discourses and narratives in the Western world has proven to be no longer sustainable.</p>
Authors: Asia Bazdyrieva
Editors: Janez Fakin Janša
Directors: Marcela Okretič
Proofreader: Miha Šuštar
Designer: Luka Umek, Sonja Grdina
Aksioma Institute for Contemporary Art
Part of: PostScriptUM
ISBN: 9789617173369