"Enthusiasm": Exploring memory and migration in Hughesovka-Stalino-Donetsk through word, image and music
In 1869, Welsh industrialist John Hughes founded the mining town of Donetsk in Eastern Ukraine, initiating a wave of migration from South Wales to Eastern Europe. 1917 and the approaching Russian Revolution saw the hasty exit of the industrialists who had followed Hughes, fearful of the revolutionary ferment. 100 years later, in the present day, Ukraine and Donbas are once again at the centre of a violent conflict that has led to the internal displacement of over a million people.
"Enthusiasm" brings to life some of the elements of this fascinating and timely story. Project leaders Dr Victoria Donovan (Dept of Russian, University of St Andrews) and Stefhan Caddick will be joined by composer Simon Gore to present "Enthusiasm" via music, image and discussion.
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Stefhan Caddick is an artist based in South Wales who works across a range of disciplines including archive film, installation and performance. Much of his work is socially engaged and often takes place in the dark. Stefhan has shown extensively across the UK and internationally. Recent projects include Noctule for Green Man festival and Ebbwferric, a research project funded by the Arts Council of Wales. http://stefhancaddick.co.uk.
Victoria Donovan is a Lecturer in Russian at the University of St Andrews whose research activities contribute to several interlocking fields of scholarship, including identity politics, cultural memory, heritage studies, and cross-border cultural studies in the Soviet Union and Russia.
Simon Gore is a Welsh Audio/Visual artist working within the fields of live performance, composition, music production, sound art, sound design, film photography, video glitch art and creative writing. He is based in Akershus, Norway.
"Enthusiasm": Exploring memory and migration in Hughesovka-Stalino-Donetsk through word, image and music
Dr Victoria Donovan (Dept of Russian, University of St Andrews) and Stefhan Caddick will be joined by composer Simon Gore to present "Enthusiasm", a work bringing alive the story of Welsh industrialist John Hughes and the mining town he founded in Ukraine, via music, image and discussion.
Screening Room
50 George Square
Edinburgh
EH 8 9LH