Xook K’iin – Ko’olelo’ob, t’aano’ob yéetel lu’umo’ob
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So Far, So Near: Entangled Struggles, Fragile Connections
Workshops, performative formats, conversations, and a solidarity bazaar
16. May 2026
12.00-21.00
12.00-21.00
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For free
for adults
in English
At times, the spaces we believe we belong to, begin to estrange us, turning distant and unfamiliar. Conversely, what may seem as far removed - through inherited narratives or their absence - may, in truth, lie much closer. So Far, So Near attends to what we notice and what remains unseen, what we choose to stay with and what we turn away from.
Emerging from the tension between distance and proximity and taking Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine as a point of departure, So Far, So Near engages with how struggles are related and perceived - not only across borders, but also within structures of selective attention and recognition.
The program is rooted in questions: How does the resistance of people in Ukraine intersect with broader efforts countering imperial domination, authoritarian forces and colonial persistence? What becomes possible when we begin seeking inconspicuous connections?
The program offers a lens through which we explore links between contexts often treated in isolation, set against one another, silenced, or overlooked. Rather than collapsing struggles into simplified geopolitical framings, the program holds space for both commonalities and differences, acknowledging specific contexts and experiences. It deepens understanding that various forms of imperialism, colonialism and other systems of oppression are deeply interwoven so as the struggles resisting them.
1 – 3 pm | Performative Workshop
TALBINAH OF BELONGING: NOURISHING BODY AND SOUL
1 – 3 pm | Workshop
OUR STORY ARRIVES BEFORE THE LANGUAGE
3 – 9 pm | Open space
4.30 – 5 pm | Performative Intervention
SIXTEEN SPOKES OF MAY — A ROMANI WHEEL OF MEMORY AND RESISTANCE
5.30 – 7.30 pm | Conversation
(IN)VISIBLE CONNECTIONS: IMAGINING SOLIDARITIES ACROSS STRUGGLES
8 – 8.30 pm | Procession
Open minds and hearts are invited for attentive listening, sharing, un/learning, and co-creating emancipatory practices of care, memory, and resistance. From a place of grief and humbleness, the program honors fragile yet vital possibilities for solidarity.
Text by event organizers.
With: Rita Adel Mohammad, Maia Barkaia, Uta P. Bekaia, Philip Obaji Jr., Umtata, Robin Yassin-Kassab, Variable Name, Salah Zater, and a wider group of contributors.
Curated by Tanja Sokolnykova, Natalya Stupka and Mariia Vorotilina.
