SHATTERED: SYMBOLIC GESTURE at RCI New York

One year since the start of Russia’s unprovoked, illegal aggression against Ukraine, we’re acknowledging the resilience of the Ukrainian people and the solidarity shown by Romania and the rest of the peace-loving world through a project that demonstrates the power of the visual arts and the spoken word to denounce the ordeals and preserve the memory of these tragic times. Presented in partnership with the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA), "SHATTERED: Symbolic Gesture" is a large-scale international collaboration that consists of a multimedia exhibition, conceived by the Romanian-Canadian visual artist and polymath Oana Maria Cajal, accompanied by a series of video-poems and poetry readings offered by U.S.-based Romanian and Ukrainian poets.

After a successful opening in a simplified version during UIA’s Open House on February 24, the complete exhibition will be presented at the Romanian Cultural Institute on March 7 in the presence of artist Oana Maria Cajal and will…