Concrete Sunflowers

Tag: stamps

  • Russian Warship/Go fuck yourself merchandise

  • Ivanna on folk heroes

    Note: This interview took place via a call with very bad signal. Vic: Can you please tell me your name? Ivanna: Uh, I am Ivanna. Vic: Cool. And, um… Can you think of any examples of, um, contemp… of, modern heroes that have emerged since the start of the full-scale invasion? Ivanna: Um, yes. Um……

  • Aliona on language and swearing

    Aliona: [starts speaking Ukrainian] We know, that our reality has a great impact on our language, and language impacts our reality just as much. When the full-scale invasion started, I was in the middle of research, for my dissertation, on invective [swear] lexis in Ukrainian language, in a political discourse. Because of that, certainly, I…

  • Ira from Kyiv: Part 2

    Part 1: Ira from Kyiv: Part 1 Part 2: Ira from Kyiv: Part 2 Vic: So back in 2022, Ghost of Kyiv. As a person from Kyiv, did you follow the news about him at all? Ira: Yes, of course. We all were, we all were. We were so proud. We discussed it, we tried…

  • Ana on stamps

    Part 1: Ana on wartime culturePart 2: Ana on superstitionsPart 3: Ana on stamps Ana: Okay, so when we enter the university in Ukraine, like after the school, we should pass the exams. And it’s usually history, math, literature, and English, I’m not sure. So there was a question in 2024 during the exam, and…

  • Mary on folk heroes

    Vic:  So can you tell me about Pes Patron? Mary: I’ve always loved Pes Patron. When I first came to Lviv in December of 22, there were Pes Patron posters everywhere, and I just thought it was amazing. I have young refugee friends in Berlin. I purchase Pest Patron books for them. I purchased Pes…