History

The Antonin Artaud Fellowship was established in 2022 to support Ukrainian artists who continued their creative work in Ukraine despite the full-scale Russian invasion. 

We wanted to see more Ukrainian works resonate both with local and  international audiences and establish a lasting presence on the international scene. We recognized the importance and urgency of artistic exploration and experimentation, despite all the limitations caused by the war.

The fellowship was founded by the proto produkciia agency and the contemporary opera laboratory Opera aperta. It is named after Antonin Artaud, a French writer, playwright, theater reformer, actor, poet, and essayist.

The choice of name was preceded by a long journey: constant discussions about theater and its current state, the Ukrainian translation of the book “The Theater and Its Double,” for which we are grateful to the Zhupansky Publishing House and the French Institute in Ukraine. We were inspired by the question of searching for a new theatrical language, which Artaud also wrote about. That’s why we don’t focus on specific genres but support exploration and experimentation.

Chronology of the Antonin Artaud Fellowship

2022

2023

2024