Vladyslav Plisetskiy
Directing
Biography
Ukrainian director, performer, fashion designer. He works with the themes of queer, club culture, and trash art, rethinking traumatic experiences through art. Vladyslav is a resident of the Kyiv club Otel' (performance). He has had a number of solo and group exhibitions (Kyiv Biennial, 2024, Vienna, Austria; Construction festival, 2023, Dresden, Germany, and others). Since 2022, he has been working on a series of films about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Known For
The second part of Vladyslav Plisetskyi's trilogy, which was launched before the full-scale invasion. The film explores how a prolonged war changes society, political narratives and personal reality. Through his own biography, performances, dialogue with his father and the transformations of the Ukrainian queer community, the author shows the collision of identities, cultures and ideologies. The war becomes a background for deeply personal stories and visual narratives that merge into an artistic manifesto. The new work reflects how the chaos of the full-scale invasion is mounting, and affecting, among other things, the Ukrainian queer community, LGBTQ+ rights, and their involvement in the war.
What You Will Do When The War Continues?
The second part of a three-part video diary epic about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The film series is dedicated to representatives of the club and artistic spheres. These individuals are often marginalized in the social context, yet this does not make their contribution to the victory any less significant. It stands as a “document of the era,” preserving evidence of their presence and activity in contemporary history.