Join us at e-flux Screening Room on Saturday, October 25 at 7pm for “Swamps, Steppes and Souvenirs,” a screening program presented by Kyiv to LA and hosted by the Ukrainian Cultural Festival in collaboration with e-flux. The program presents six shorts films by Ukrainian artists Daryna Mamaisur, Oleksiy Radynski, Darya Tsymbalyuk, and ruїns collective (Teta Tsybulnyk and Elias Parvulesco) that explore the vastness of Ukraine’s ecology and the powers—both real and imagined—that have shaped its landscape. Unearthing deeply layered histories and personal narratives, the films address Russian imperialism, western romanticization, and memories rooted in loss and discovery. The screening will be followed by a conversation with the artists and Kyiv to LA curator.
Films
Daryna Mamaisur, a steppe with rabbits and pheasants running around, and where some even saw foxes. part 2 (2020, 10 minutes)
ruïns collective, Endless Sea of Sand (2023, 5 minutes)
ruïns collective, Salty Oscillations (2021, 6 minutes)
ruïns collective, Zong (2019, 9 minutes)
Darya Tsymbalyuk, botanical documentation of existence (2023, 5:49)
Darya Tsymbalyuk, To the South (2025, 7 minutes)
Oleksiy Radynski, Where Russia Ends (2024, 25 minutes)
Screening of Infinity According to Florian with filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski and producer Lyuba Knorozok. This film explores the legendary figure of Kyiv-based architect Florian Yuriev and recounts why capitalism is a thing of the past, and what happens when you divide one by infinity.
Discussion with art historian Asia Bazdyrieva and filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski as they expand the territory of decolonial discourse by examining Ukraine’s anti-imperial war against Russia. Moderated by sociocultural anthropologist Laurie Kain Hart.
New York premiere of Oleksiy Radynski’s Infinity According to Florian followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.