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11 November 2008 16:19

Terra Futura Festival Held in Kharkiv with Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation’s Support

November 7-9, the Terra Futura Festival was held in Kherson. The event, organized by Totem Kherson City Center for Youth Initiatives and dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the first Ukrainian futuristic group, Hileya, won a grant in the small cultural and artistic projects’ support program, launched by Ukraine 3000 Foundation in 2008.

The festival has become a long-awaited event in the cultural and artistic life not only in Kherson oblast but Ukraine in general. It gathered over 40 contemporary artists from many Ukraine’s cities, working in various genres: photography, poetry, experimental video, and music. In the three days of the festival, a series of events was held, related to the Futurists’ legacy: Unveiling of a Monument to Futurists performance, contemporary photo exhibition at the Kherson Oblast Local History Museum, dedicated to Futurists’ works published in Kherson, and film demonstrations. Young theaters, whose prospects for development in Kherson are rather limited, presented their latest works. Poets from various Ukraine’s cities recited their poems at the Futurism birthplace, the village of Chornianka, Kherson oblast. Due to the support rendered to this creative movement, Kherson has become the literary capital, attracting creative young people and experts not only from Ukraine but other countries, including even Japan. On the first day of the festival, unique books on “father of Ukrainian Futurism” David Burliuk’s stay in Japan were donated to the literature department of the Kherson Oblast Local History Museum by Japanese art historians.

Recall that the Hileya futuristic group existed in the early 20th century. Among its members were globally renowned artists Davyd Burliuk, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Velimir Khlebnikov, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Benedict Livschitz, et. al.

The festival organizers thank the Ukraine 3000 Foundation for its trust and support. The festival is a true gem of Kherson oblast’s cultural life, and the Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s support has become an important step for recognizing its importance for the region’s cultural policy.