I now have my own copy, thank you to my wonderful colleague and friend Yana Hrynko, of Eneida, Aeneid by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi. The original text is from 1798, written in vernacular Ukrainian. This edition is from 1968 with illustrations by Anatolii Bazylevych.
Eneida, by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi.
Eneida, by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi.
Eneida, by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi.
Eneida, by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi.
Eneida, by Ivan Kotliarevs’kyi.
I first discovered this work through the Ukrainian Institute London, a lecture at Literatura by Rory Finnin in 2023. By complete coincidence after collecting the book I bumped into Sasha Dovzhyk, special projects curator at the institute who organised the seminar and gave me a tour of the new Index offices in Lviv.
Sasha Dovzhyk, Programme Director, Index, selfie at the new Index office
The illustrations were inspiration for my 2023 film ‘90 Years from Holodomor’. Preliminary research in Ukraine included visual materials and interviews. My proof of concept screening took place at the Bury Art Museum in November 2023. The full film is online.
90 Years from Holodomor: film still.
90 Years from Holodomor: proof of concept short, 2023.