Deciding Your Tomorrow, is about Ukraine's defense of life and freedom.
Taking place on the occasion of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It will run from 15th to 19th January 2024.
Oleksii Sai, 688 Days, 2024. Produced by PinchukArtCentre
With every second passing, the war continues. The future of Europe, the West and the World is being decided in Ukraine.
Rules against violence. Freedom against oppression. Democracy against autocracy.
The outcome of this battle will decide for years and decades to come which principles will most shape tomorrow’s world.
Every day, hour and minute counts for life, counts for Ukraine and counts for every person who wants to live in freedom.
Zhanna Kadyrova, Russian Rocket flying through Paris, 2022–2023. Сourtesy of the artist
An immersive visual and intellectual experience brings four contemporary Ukrainian artists who depict Ukraine through a series of compelling video portraits and stories. Combined with an ongoing discussion program, Deciding Your Tomorrow offers a chance to re-visit what is at stake in Ukraine.
Looking back at every single day of Ukraine’s defense since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Oleksii Sai shows the clock ticking. An impressive moving visual diary of Ukrainians defending freedom, taking losses and moving to victories. It shows how much was achieved, how much courage and heroism, but also how much suffering and danger have been present for all Ukrainians since February 24, 2022.
This film is put in juxtaposition to a curated live stream of TikTok content from Ukraine, where people defiantly live their lives, finding joy, love and moments of happiness while under constant threat.
Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei, Just Sleeping (still), 2024
Ukrainian artists Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Khimei present moving portraits of Ukrainian children who were kidnapped by Russia and returned home safely. Bringing the world’s attention to a systematic war crime Russia commits in Ukraine. At the same time, this work is a homage to all children in Ukraine who live under the systematic risk of being taken from their homes.
In an ongoing discussion program over three days, global political leaders, thinkers and activists will discuss key aspects of Ukrainians’ defense of life and freedom. How to strengthen and fortify alliances to prevail? How to defeat external aggression while strengthening one’s own society and political system? These are challenges Ukraine shares with its international partners.