EuroFestival: With Fire and Rage
Mon 1 May to Sun 14 May 2023
STARTS AT THE EVERYMAN
Free to access all day, any time
An immersive audio experience following artists on the frontline in Ukraine | Free to access at any time, just follow this link www.withfireandrage.com
Discover the stories of artists on the frontline in Ukraine as you walk the streets of Liverpool With Fire and Rage.
An immersive audio experience, it combines testimony with photography, visual art, poetry and music. All you need is a smartphone and headphones to explore the powerful role creativity plays in the face of invasion.
“It's artists against invasion, culture versus colonialism, freedom of speech resisting an empire.” - Veronika Skliarova
Created by renowned Ukrainian producer and cultural activist Veronika Skilarova and British director and writer Zoe Lafferty, and featuring some of Ukraine’s most radical and innovative artists.
Narratives take you from music concerts in metro stations during air raids, to rescuing artworks out of cities as rockets fall, to creating subversive street art under Russian occupation. Urgent stories expose attempts to eradicate the country’s cultural identity - a tactic of war - highlighting the human cost behind standing up to an empire.
“Our culture is our sword that we carry and with which we fight… bullet-words, tank-songs, cannons that sing” - Dmytro Kostyuminskyi artist and soldier
As you walk through Liverpool, hear stories of creative resistance at key public and cultural locations, of those protecting Ukraine’s spirit rise up from the city streets.
Here's all you need to know
Visit the With Fire and Rage website on your smartphone and click Full Immersive Audio Tour to begin.
LENGTH: The full audio tour is between 10 - 120 minutes. Listen to as much or as little as you want
AGE: 14+
CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of violence, imprisonment, torture and war
STEP-FREE ACCESS: The audio tour gives instructions for step-free access at each location
CAPTIONS: A transcript of the audio is provided as part of the full-audio tour
WHAT DO I NEED: A smartphone and headphones
PHONE CHARGERS: Make sure your smartphone is fully charged. If you are running out of battery phone chargers are provided along the route.
WEATHER: Check the weather forecast. We’re a coastal city, it’s changeable
TAKE A BREAK: There’s plenty of coffee shops, toilets and places to eat and drink on route if you want to pause
SAFETY: If you’re walking, make sure you pay attention to the street and roads around you! If its night time make sure you stay in busy areas.
TROUBLESHOOTING: If you’re using an iPhone make sure you do not use Firefox, instead use Safari or Chrome. Check your wifi connection.