Dmytro Kumar (facebook.com/DmytroKumar) - the frontman of the band 1914 @ThePoetryofWar - welcomed us in the old city of Lviv, and we spent several hours talking about these topics:
• Parallels between the First World War and the russian-Ukrainian wars;
• Ukrainian state in the political, cultural and historical center of events;
• 1914 is a unique historically reliable musical project
• Ethnic or political nation of Ukraine?
• Emotions, experiences and reflection on the war in creativity.
Our interview with Dmytro Kumar was created as part of our RMT podcast for Ukrainian and foreign audiences to popularize the topic of Ukrainian statehood and culture.
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Time codes:
00:00:00 - Teaser
00:01:00 - Can war be art?
00:04:54 - Can we be considered a lost generation?
00:06:45 - Ethnic and political nation.
00:10:04 - Does an "Ethnic Nation" exist today?
00:11:50 - What is the role of human life in war?
00:13:49 - The phenomenon of Gavril Princip in our war today.
00:16:01 - New Ukrainian ideology.
00:21:15 - Is compromise possible in war?
00:22:48 - A participant in the war or a layer of support?
00:26:57 - Historical optics of flow vision: sinusoid or spiral?
00:29:11 - The First World War. Are Ukraine and Russia the France and Germany of their time?
00:31:55 - Destruction of the Russian Empire.
00:36:11 - New Remarque and Junger in Ukrainian culture.
00:39:52 - Is the period of the Ukrainian Republic within the Soviet Union the period of formation of the Ukrainian state?
00:42:27 - Is the result of the First World War the creation of a Ukrainian state?
00:44:27 - How important is it to talk about the events of that time for understanding today's Ukraine?
00:46:20 - From the standpoint of modern culture, how can these topics be actualized and made accessible for perception?
00:52:34 - Do we have people who can generate a cool cultural context?
00:54:20 - How do you think we should overcome post-colonial trauma?
00:58:01 - Mature society = acceptance of its Soviet past?
00:59:56 - How can we overcome our own resentment towards the Russians?
01:02:22 - Can we now exist outside the conformist position in the conditions of war?
01:05:01 - How can a civilian today translate some imaginary consequences of war and his own pain into some kind of application?
01:09:45 - Play music about the war in the country where the war is going on.
01:10:37 - Nice in Lviv.
01:13:37 - Can we expect a 1914 performance while the war is going on?
01:17:21 - Do you consider yourself a snob?
01:20:38 - Collaborations with Ukrainian artists.
01:24:33 - How not to burn out emotionally by constantly telling stories about pain, loss and death?
01:26:17 - 1914 do not sing songs, but retell stories. Own influence on the development of the Ukrainian scene.
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