Welcome to an afterwork with artist in residence Iryna Nova, Friday 13th November 17:00-20:00 at LjurhallaFabriken!

Throughout November, Ukrainian multidisciplinary artist and writer Iryna Beschetnova (Iryna Nova) is in residence at LjurhallaFabriken as part of AiR Literature Västra Götaland. Join us for an evening of poetry, art and Ukrainian food made by Iryna. As part of the afterwork, Iryna will host a short writing and collage workshop, and share an exhibition of her drawings. All welcome!

The event is free to attend, we welcome donations. Please register via the booking link below so we know how much food to prepare. Warm clothes and socks are recommended :) The dinner will be vegetarian, please let us know if you have any dietary requirements or questions by contacting: [email protected]

Hope to see you there!

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Iryna Beschetnova (Iryna Nova) is a multidisciplinary artist from Kharkiv, Ukraine, now based in Lviv. She creates poetry, prose, plays, film scripts, as well as visual and mixed-media projects. Her work often explores themes of feminism, trauma, and the refugee experience. Iryna's plays have been performed in Ukraine, France, Germany, and Finland, while her poetry and prose have been featured in various literary journals.

She is the author of the poetry collection 200 Grams of Poetry, published in Ukraine and subsequently released in Belgium in her own French translation.

During the residency, she will work on the English translation of her second poetry collection, and will continue writing her debut prose novel about a person who is guided in his life by fortune cookie predictions.