Interviews — CULTJ

J. Sukho (Julia Sukhorukova)

Beauty That Doesn't Ask Permission — J. Sukho on Painting Her Way Back to Aliveness

Olga Gavryk

Education & Visual Art

Permission, Not Talent — Olga Gavryk on Drawing as a Daily Practice

Ruslana Hahan

Ceramics & Sculpture

A Niche Construction Set of My Own — Ruslana Hahan on Play, Joints, and the Right Not to Mean Anything

Viktoria Adkozalova

A Carrier of Memory — Viktoria Adkozalova on Painting Toward the Essential

Khrystyna Korol

Theatre & Photography

Making Theatre Photographers Visible — Khrystyna Korol on Theater Hunter

Viktoria Grokholska

Beauty in the Unnoticed — Viktoria Grokholska on Moving From Botany to Symbolism

Maya Kliuchova

Voices of the Wild Field — Maya Kliuchova on Poetry From Donetsk Region

Marharyta Puhachenko

Cultural Heritage & Performance

Museums Are Not Crypts — Marharyta Puhachenko on Memory as a Living Practice

Nataliia Telesheva

Visual Art & Animation

Hedgehogs Into Sunflowers — Nataliia Telesheva on Painting a Dream of Peace

Ida — Karina Tarnashynska

Visual Art & Assemblage

As If It Just Shattered — Ida on Second Lives, Bottled in Resin

Yevheniia Nikolenko

A Third Place for Learning — Yevheniia Nikolenko on Education That Unlocks

Anna Horianska

Meeting Through Movement — Anna Horianska on Theatre After Displacement

Astian Rey

Sculpture & Music

Cracks as Signs of Resilience — Astian Rey on Metal, Brutalism, and Sound

Darina Mikityuk

After the Shift — Darina Mikityuk on Memory, the Body, and What Survives Migration

Natalia Revoniuk

The Visual Language of Resonance — Natalia Revoniuk on Painting What the Viewer Already Feels

Dmytro Yurchenko

Visual Art & Music

Building a Universe From Line and Sound — Dmytro Yurchenko on Gothic Expressionism, Metal, and the Long Build

Tetiana Kozelska

Where the Light Does Not Reach — Tetiana Kozelska on Writing War, Love, and the Truths That Live Underwater

Mariia Yaremak

Music & Cultural Diplomacy

The Sound of Ukrainian Fantasy — Mariia Yaremak on Mythology, Cinema, and Building a New Musical Universe

Yaryna Zdorova

"Writing the Book Is the Easy Part" — Yaryna Zdorova on Self-Publishing and Ukrainian Literature

Nataliia Ivaniv

Painting the Weight of the World — Nataliia Ivaniv on Heavy Impasto and the Memory of Water

Oleksandr McQuartz

Contemporary Art

The Body as the Last Territory — Oleksandr McQuartz on Art, War, and the Right to Exist

Khrystyna Havrylenko

Art Management & Cultural Diplomacy

Art as a Bridge — Khrystyna Havrylenko on Ukrainian Culture, Lithuania, and the Work of Making People See

Igor and Valera Golovniov

Visual Art & Photography

The Dented Icon — Igor & Valera Golovniov on Painting What Nobody Wants to Look at Twice

Danylo Klochko

Between the Dig and the Page — Danylo Klochko on Archaeology, Science Fiction, and the Buried Stories of Ukraine

Nataliia Berezniak

Golden Threads of Memory — Nataliia Berezniak on Painting Bavaria Through Ukrainian Eyes

Julia Kovalska

The Bureau of Good Stories — Julia Kovalska on Finding Her Voice After Everything

Viktoriia Churkina

Culture & Neuroaesthetics

The Neuroaesthetics of Memory — Viktoriia Churkina on Art, Displacement, and the Science of Feeling

Yuriy Akhmetzianov

Painting Without Opposites — Yuriy Akhmetzianov (YuGA) on Building a Philosophy of Non-Dual Symbolism

Iryna Savchenko

Education & Social Entrepreneurship

Every Child Deserves a Chance — Iryna Savchenko on Building the Future of Inclusive Education

Yuliya Morozova

Culture & Entrepreneurship

From a Volunteer Channel to a Cultural Ecosystem — The Story of Yuliya Morozova

Yilin Lee

"Heritage Becomes Part of Who We Are" — Yilin Lee on Telling the Story of a Place She Loves

Hanzi Zhu

"Cinema Is a Way of Understanding People" — Hanzi Zhu on Belief, Loneliness, and the Search for Meaning

Hugo Martell

"Don't Live in a Bubble" — Hugo Martell on Fantasy, Trauma, and Growing Through Storytelling

Alexey Kashpersky

The Iguana, the Portal and the Dream — Alexey Kashpersky on Making the Unexpected

Russel Redl

Vampiric Memories — Russel Redl on Blood Magic, Trauma, and the Art of the Ultimate Outsider

Alberto Zanini

One Man, Zero Budget, 3.5 Hours — Alberto Zanini on Making a Film Alone with AI

Yevhenii Leonovets

Beyond the Dissonance — Yevhenii Leonovets on the Evolution of a Director in Search of a True Self

Emil H. Jonsvik

God Mode — Emil H. Jonsvik on the High-Stakes Rhythm of Digital Control and Independent Cinema

Mike Meier

The Digital Sorcerer — Mike Meier on the Ghost in the Machine and the Siphonophore of AI

Jonnie Semerad

Pixels & Poise — Jonnie Semerad on Digital Craft and the Vulnerability of "The Boss"

El Gaidai

They Made Friends With AI — El Gaidai on the Future Nobody Saw Coming

Beauty, Silence, and Faith — Zhang Aixin on Seeing the World Differently

Romi Banerjee

Chaos & Poise — Romi Banerjee on the Anatomy of a "Polite" Villain

Dana Silkiss

"Don't Be a Victim" — Dana Silkiss on Labor Camps, the FBI and Cinema

Marcin & Błażej

"War Is a World of Victims" — Marcin Melcarek & Błażej Perka

Jason Gottlieb

The Velvet Revolution — Jason Gottlieb on Drag, AI and Defying Fascism

Emilio Joe

From Stand-Up to Stolen Ground — Emilio Joe

Tim Carr

Film · Human Connection

"Storytelling Is About Keeping People Connected" — Tim Carr on Kindness, Cinema, and Human Connection