Ukraine: Stop tanks with Books - Virtual Artist talk by Mark Neville

UKRAINE: STOP TANKS WITH BOOKS / MARK NEVILLE

UKRAINE: STOP TANKS WITH BOOKS

Artist talk by Mark Neville
Moderated by Editha Mesina

March 29 2022
12pm EST
https://nyu.zoom.us/j/94945131096

British artist Mark Neville moved home and studio from London to live in Kyiv, Ukraine, last year. He began making this book long before the Russian invasion of February 2022. Now he faces losing his adopted home, and seeing his friends and their family members lose their lives defending the country’s rightful independence. Making Stop Tanks With Books is his way of personally fighting Russian aggression, as he sends out 750 complimentary copies to the book’s target audience; those members of the international community—be they politicians, celebrities, ambassadors, negotiators, or the media—who have it in their power to help Ukraine. His photographs, Lyuba Yakimchuk’s incredible short stories about living in Russian occupied Donbas, the research carried out by ZOiS about the 2.5 million people already displaced by the war, and the ‘call to action’ are interwoven in his book not just to provoke empathy, but also to provide a clearer understanding of this brave nation.