Festival "Book Arsenal 2015", Kyiv, Kyiv

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International Festival "Book Arsenal" - is the biggest event in Ukraine to be held 22-26 April 2015 in Kyiv .

April 22, the eve of the World Day of Book and Copyright in Art Arsenal opens fifth anniversary international festival that brings together art and literature.

Book Arsenal - an annual project that aims to promote reading, audience expansion and modernization of the cultural context for publishing, sharing and strengthening international support for self-education, critical thinking, modern intellectual, artistic books, interdisciplinary research and practice. Book Arsenal 5 years reached the level of one of the most visited and popular events Art Arsenal . Audience festival 5 days in 2014 was about 60 000 people. Today it is the largest event in Eastern Europe, combining literature with art.

Feature Book Arsenal is that it shows the literature not only as a market product, but also as part of modern lifestyle, an important component of information space, which is actively engaged with society, reflects on the political and cultural transformation, is the point of intersection of literature, visual arts, music, cinema, theater.

Program Book Arsenal 2015:

Book Fair with the participation of more than 150 leading publishers and international cultural partners; wide range of art, children, non-fiction and art literature.
Various literary program of over 200 events for adults and children, presentations of new books, projects, meetings with authors, discussions, lectures, public interviews, readings and theater performances.
For the first time - the central international scene Events - "Cafe Europe": 40 writers, literary figures and artists from 12 countries in the international literary program.
Special program history. Dignitaries: Carl Shlohel (Germany), Hiroaki Kuromiya (USA / Japan), Karel Schwarzenberg (Czech Republic).
Special philosophical program Pastiche Project. Thematic units "humanities, between the university and the area" and "Resentyment and culture."
For the first time in Ukraine - Congress small, creative bookstores and publishers.
Special guest of book illustration - Czech Republic. Ukrainian-Czech exhibition of contemporary artwork, workshops and lectures, poster exhibition "100 prominent figures of Ukraine» / Pictoric Club illustrators Pictoric.
Great art exhibition «Paper.World.Art» (curator - Marina Shcherbenko). Artists Works on paper and paper - sculpture, objects, installations, Picture Theme, etching, drawing.
The "Book Art": first - text design studio "Letters" fonts and calligraphic exhibition and workshops, printing studio, exhibition poster, art book / photo zines and publishing and lecture workshop Niice.
Personal exhibition projects Hira Andrew and I Gallery, Igor Gusev and Dymchuk Gallery, «A4. Ballpoint pen "Karas Gallery, Ukrainian naive paintings from the publisher" Genealogy "," Rural Photography "Project of Nicholas Babak.
Special program of literary and musical performances, concerts and film screenings. World Book Night and Book Arsenal on April 23, from 19.00 at the open stage in the yard - poetry and music.
Special program Ukrainian Library Association
Charity Project Arsenal good deeds. Collecting books for internally displaced persons, children without parental care. Joint action with Daria Zholdak Foundation and Lviv Publishers` Forum - "100,000 books for rural libraries."

Total entrance fee - 30 UAH. Preferential ticket - 15 UAH. Preferential entry valid for students (over 12 years), students, pensioners according to the corresponding document. The cost of subscription to all festival days - 100 UAH.

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