30.09 | 18:00 (UA), UNIT.Core B.8

Films from the Soviet period are deeply imbued with an ideology that many of us now wish to reject and leave behind like a bad dream. Yet the unspoken and unexamined chapters of the past, hidden away in the dark closet of history, inevitably resurface in unexpected ways. How do we engage with this legacy in the context of a full-scale hybrid war? How can we sharpen our decolonial lens and critical thinking to analyse it? How do we communicate our history to international audiences through cinema? And how can we reflect on and reinterpret this heritage not only from an academic perspective, but also through artistic and creative practice?

01.10 | 12:00

In this talk, Lucie Grannec will share her journey as an animation director and illustrator, reflecting on her creative practice and the projects she has developed since graduating from ENSAD Paris. Drawing on her experience as a member of Non-Étoile, a multidisciplinary collective of more than one hundred artists supported by public cultural institutions in France, she will explore the connections between animation, contemporary art, illustration, and digital culture. The talk will focus on how animation can move beyond its traditional boundaries and engage with museums, galleries, and collaborative artistic spaces. Lucie will discuss the value of interdisciplinary exchange and why building relationships between different creative fields can open up new opportunities for artists and enrich the animation medium itself.