Olena Apchel

A participant in the Revolution of Dignity: the Maidan protests in Kyiv and Kharkiv, and a volunteer.
Author of academic works on contemporary theatre, documentary, performative and critical art. Author of lectures on theatre and performance art, and masterclasses on directing, acting, stage movement and performative modes of existence on stage.
In her curatorial practice, she is interested in the mechanisms of horizontal management systems in cultural institutions. In her directing practice, she primarily works with themes of transgenerational inheritance, personal and historical trauma, and social violence, through critical art and the projection of alternative realities using the tools of post-documentary and post-dramatic art.