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Created by Parade-Fest & Artists On The Frontline
WITH FIRE AND RAGE
An Immersive Audio Experience
following Artists On The Frontline In Ukraine
“It's artists against invasion, culture versus colonialism, freedom of speech resisting an empire” Veronika Skliarova
With Fire and Rage is an immersive audio experience following the stories of artists on the frontline in Ukraine.
Combing testimony with video, visual art, 360 photography, poetry and music, this smartphone adventure explores creativity's powerful role in the face of invasion.
Urgent stories expose attempts to eradicate the country’s cultural identity - a tactic of war - highlighting the human cost behind standing up to an empire.
Created by renowned Ukrainian producer and cultural activist Veronika Skilarova and award-winning director and writer Zoe Lafferty, they bring together over 50 of Ukraine’s most radical and innovative artists.
Originally commissioned by Culture Liverpool for the EuroFestival 2023
With Fire And Rage was originally commissioned by Culture Liverpool as part of Eurovision's EuroFestival 2023.
Over 1000+ audience members walked through Liverpool, hearing stories of creative resistance at key public and cultural locations from the Liverpool Everyman to the Philharmonic.
Narratives took audiences from music concerts in metro stations during air raids, to artworks smuggled out of cities as rockets fell, to subversive street art created under Russian occupation.
All audiences needed was a smartphone and headphones to be guided step by step with maps, directions and captions.