ISOLYATSIYA: How «russian world» Destroyed Art in Donetsk and Created a Secret Prison

"ISOLYATSIYA" - one of the former secret prisons in occupied Donetsk, as revealed by Ukrainian journalist and former prisoner Stanislav Aseyev in his book "Bright Path". This place has been known by this name for the past 10 years.
Previously, "ISOLYATSIYA" was a center of contemporary art, established on the territory of the former Donetsk plant for insulation materials. It was a hub of cultural life in the city and an art space that attracted leading artists from around the world. And in 2014, it was destroyed by the «russian world».
Host Anastasiia Solod spoke with Alevtina Kakhidze, Oleksandr Kurmaz, and the leadership of the Isolation Foundation, as well as former Isolation prisoner Oleksandr Repetil, to find out what this art space used to be, what it has become as a result of occupation, and what Ukrainian culture lost along with this center? Find out more in the new episode.
Host: Anastasiia Solod
Camera: Nadia Mykolaenko, Oleksii Matskevych
Editing: Maria Derhachova
Editors: Oleksii Matskevych, Anna Pohrebna
Graphics: Nika Nazarenko
00:00 - about this episode
00:42 - the secret prison Isolation
01:57 - Donetsk moods in 2014, the emergence of ISOLYATSIYA
03:11 - "Ahmetov's whistle" action
04:30 - Isolation - artistic space
07:30 - seizure of Isolation
10:06 - what is Isolation, artistic projects
13:13 - international artists
13:40 - 1040 meters underground, Tsai Guo-Qiang
14:40 - lipstick - symbol of Isolation
15:16 - relocation to Kyiv, internally displaced persons
16:55 - Kakhidze's project "Seeds of Ukraine"
18:08 - return to Donetsk region, Soledar
19:30 - Russians destroyed the office in Soledar
21:05 - space reconsideration, reconstruction plan