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In the new interview, discover how emotions, language and music intertwine, and how art can be an act of empathy and resistance.

Read the full interview by Michael Zwenzner to find out how an alphabet can speak the language of the heart at platformB art.

Photo: Sonja Werner
ABC of Exclamations — Voices Berlin Festival
An artistic interpretation of the Belarusian alphabet by poet Vera Burlak and her son Kastuś Zhybul, who lives with autism.
voices.berlin
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
With the addition of composer Georgia Koumará and animation filmmaker Monika Nuber, the project has evolved into a multimedia world of poetry, colour and sound, full of playfulness, depth and courage.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
For each of the 34 letters, they found an emotional exclamation and transformed it into a story through whimsical poems by Vera and fantastic comic drawings by Kastuś.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Featuring works and initiatives by Rozalina Busel, Curatorial Group 4, Katerina Kouzmitcheva, Yauheni Hlushan, Sergey Shabohin, Katarzyna Sienkiewicz, Lesia Pcholka , Maksim Shved, Lena Davidovich, Mochnarte, Nadya Sayapina, Pas, Yuliya Tsviatkova, Kseniya Halubovich, and BZT.
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Created by Nadya Sayapina, supported by platformB.
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
»𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗦« weaves these diverse practices into a cohesive digital scenography, inviting viewers to become wanderers themselves, shaping their own path through a shared terrain of stories and reflections.
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Borderlands of Podlasie and the Białowieża Forest have become symbolic places — living archives where artistic voices trace fragile connections to their homeland and respond to the ongoing migration crisis.
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Built on panoramic 360° images of Belarusian landscapes, the space unfolds as a poetic map where viewers encounter interactive “portals” to multimedia works, texts, and links to the presented projects and initiatives.
"Wandering Roots" -
www.platformb.art
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
about communication between the generations and about how emotions manifest themselves in them. It is about the value system–one’s own and the public one.

📅 𝗦𝗮𝘁, 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃. ⏰ 𝟭𝟱:𝟬𝟬
📍 St. Elisabeth Kirche
Invalidenstraße 3, 10115 Berlin
🎫 Tickets at voices.berlin/en/event/abc...
ABC of Exclamations — Voices Berlin Festival
An artistic interpretation of the Belarusian alphabet by poet Vera Burlak and her son Kastuś Zhybul, who lives with autism.
voices.berlin
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
»ABC der Ausrufe« is therefore not just about emotional interjections. It is linked to considerations about the emotional sphere and its manifestations, about traditions of family upbringing,
ABC of Exclamations — Voices Berlin Festival
An artistic interpretation of the Belarusian alphabet by poet Vera Burlak and her son Kastuś Zhybul, who lives with autism.
voices.berlin
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Stuttgart-based animation filmmaker Monika Nuber brings the comics to life in collaboration with Kastuś, while Georgia Koumará embeds the walk-in installation in a 40-minute sound narrative. The result is an impressive plea for imagination, freedom and mutual attention.
ABC of Exclamations — Voices Berlin Festival
An artistic interpretation of the Belarusian alphabet by poet Vera Burlak and her son Kastuś Zhybul, who lives with autism.
voices.berlin
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Together, they’ve found an emotional exclamation for each of the 34 letters and transformed these exclamations into 34 stories — featuring Kastuś’s fantastical comic drawings and Vera’s whimsical, funny, and enigmatic poems.
ABC of Exclamations — Voices Berlin Festival
An artistic interpretation of the Belarusian alphabet by poet Vera Burlak and her son Kastuś Zhybul, who lives with autism.
voices.berlin
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
She will discuss common misconceptions and gaps in knowledge surrounding Belarus, and how history and the present shape the perception of this 'close but foreign' neighbour.

👉 Free admission
👉 In cooperation with Interakt e.V. and the State Agency for Civic Education BW
All Eyes on Belarus – Solidarität mit Maria Kalesnikava | Theater RAMPE
theaterrampe.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This evening is dedicated to her and the situation in her home country. The guest speaker is Olga Bubich, a Belarusian essayist, artist and lecturer currently living in exile in Berlin.
All Eyes on Belarus – Solidarität mit Maria Kalesnikava | Theater RAMPE
theaterrampe.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:52 PM
LIMBO is dedicated to Maria Kalesnikava, our dear colleague and friend who is imprisoned in Belarus.

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VIKTORIIA VITRENKO with Ondrej Veselý | The Brooklyn Rail
In dangerous, reactionary, confusing times, Ukrainian soprano, conductor, and curator Viktoriia Vitrenko stands out as one of the leading voices of her generation in European contemporary music. At th...
brooklynrail.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The deeply moving music, featuring song cycles by Sven-Ingo Koch, Ying Wang, Agata Zubel, Alla Zagaykevych and Maxim Shalygin, reminds us of the power of art to express humanity.

"This album is powerful and penetrating, speaking deeply to the core." – Ondrej Veselý
VIKTORIIA VITRENKO with Ondrej Veselý | The Brooklyn Rail
In dangerous, reactionary, confusing times, Ukrainian soprano, conductor, and curator Viktoriia Vitrenko stands out as one of the leading voices of her generation in European contemporary music. At th...
brooklynrail.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM