Jennie Klein on Finale Flow Lunchtime Concert

Memories of Shelter by Yaryna Shumska was livestreamed from a suburb of Lviv, Ukraine, where she teaches in the Department of Contemporary Art Practices at the Lviv National Academy of Arts (LNAA). Lviv is a city renowned for its medieval architecture and cobblestoned city center and a designated UNESCO world heritage site. Largely untouched by the fighting going on elsewhere in the Ukraine, Lviv has become a sanctuary city where Ukrainian refugees from besieged cities are welcomed. Shumska’s performance made reference to a humanitarian crisis that was not readily apparent in the quiescent streets through which she traveled.