UKRAINE! UNMUTED diskusija | How To Show the Invisible

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One may say that all cultures are equal, but who would say that all cultures are equally perceived, known, and admired? How to be interesting if your culture missed (partly or totally) the 19th century race for being a part of the cultural canon? Two speakers are on a mission to show their cultures to the world where cultural hierarchies are being reproduced faster than being undermined, and attention is the new scarce resource. 
Pawel Potoroczyn is educational and cultural chief executive with in-depth knowledge on international educational and cultural resources and trends, established cultural and business relations. He is also experienced music, theatre and film producer with several international awards to his credit. He has spent 15 years on top diplomatic posts, representing Poland  in the US (Los Angeles, New York) and in the UK (London), and accumulated extensive expertise in cultural diplomacy with a broad and established network among world’s best cultural and educational institutions, and got a proven track record of using societal and educational values as a powerful medium for cross-cultural dialogue. Diplomat, author, public intellectual, speaker, producer and executive.
Volodymyr Sheiko is director of the Ukrainian Institute, Ukraine’s cultural diplomacy organisation that develops cultural relations between Ukraine and other countries and promotes better understanding of Ukraine internationally. During 2007-2018 Volodymyr worked at the British Council as Arts Director for Ukraine, marketing and communications manager; and arts programme manager for 15 countries of South-East Europe and Central Asia. He has produced, programmed, organised or otherwise contributed to over 200 arts, culture, and communications projects and events in 15 European countries: art exhibitions, artistic residencies, film festivals and screenings, expert discussions, music concerts, literature projects, training workshops, conferences, theatre performances, communications campaigns etc.
Gintarė Masteikaitė is a cultural leader and performing arts producer. Since 2017, she has been working as director of the Lithuanian Dance Information Centre and artistic director of the festival “New Baltic Dance”, the largest international dance festival in the Baltic region. In 2019, she founded and started organizing the international performing arts festival “ConTempo” in Kaunas and Kaunas district (part of Kaunas 2022 program). For 17 years, she has been actively working in the field of cultural management, cultural representation and internationalization. The main areas of activity: development of contemporary dance and circus, initiation and management of projects, active international activities related to the presentation of Lithuania’s productions abroad and productions from abroad in Lithuania, initiation and implementation of international projects, production of contemporary dance, professional development of young representatives of the performing arts field. Gintarė is actively involved in the processes of cultural policy formation, strengthening of the contemporary dance in the public discourse, she also contributes significantly to the efforts of audience development and growth.
Moderated by Oksana Forostyna
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