Thousands of people are leaving Ukraine each year to escape low salaries and unemployment. Many of them are moving to neighbouring countries like Russia or Poland while others take on a long journey to work in North America. Most of them share the same goal: a better, wealthier life for themselves and their families.

This is a story about three people affected by emigration. One of them moved to New York in search of wealth and happiness. One changed continents to live with her family. And one settled in Lviv to pursue her dreams.

How do they feel about the changing face of Ukrainian society?

Читати далі »Leaving or L(v)iving

Political, industrial and financial groups are sponsoring the majority of Ukrainian media outlets which aren’t able to sustain themselves through subscription or advertising revenues. The owners can influence coverage and overturn editorial independence to use the outlets for their economical and political goals.This is a major democratic problem.

On June 14th 2019 popular TV-channel ZIK was bought by Taras Kozak, member of the Pro-Russian Opposition Platform Za Zhyttia (For Life). In the aftermath 400 Ukrainian journalists working at ZIK quit their jobs.

Читати далі »ZIK is over

Why do people work for others? We met four people in Vienna to find an answer to this question.

Читати далі »Fo(u)r Society

Walking into the school sports hall the air is thick with the sound of kicks. Here the kids of Austria practice combat sports and learn its values. With the training their teachers try to keep them  away from the troubles of youth.

Читати далі »Martial Youth

While the overall number of unemployed people in Austria is sinking, the number of unemployed disabled people is rising.

We took a look at what does it mean to be a disabled person on the job market?

Читати далі »Let’s Work

Reading the news can be depressing. One ‘record summer’ follows another, plastic pollutes our oceans and people still starve to death while 1/3 of our food production ends up in the trash.

But there’s hope.

This is a story about three ambitious projects and the people behind them.

Читати далі »A Way Out Of Waste

Born in the summer of 2018 in small wooden workshop in Lviv in western Ukraine she is nothing but a very young lady. She looks the epitome of elegance and like the city she was born in, she is a mix of both past and present as well as east and west. She is a traditional Ukrainian instrument built in a modern, western style.

Читати далі »HURDY GORDIY

Young, emotional, modern: These are just some of the words you hear, when you tell people you are going to visit Lviv. The largest city in western Ukraine is growing into a popular tourist destination and each year more and more people from all over the world want to spend a couple of days here.

Читати далі »Branding Lviv

After the eager industrialization of the Soviet Union came to a rest in the 90s, working class areas in Lviv are filled with empty factory buildings causing a sense of urban blight. Jam Factory is a revitalization project aiming at offering new cultural life to a historic factory building in the district of Pidzamchè. But the project risks pushing the local people out through gentrification, if necessary measures are not taking into consideration.

Читати далі »MIND THE GAP

Lviv is a colourful city and the buildings are no different. All over Lviv you will find eye catching murals painted directly on the walls. The word “mural” originates from the Latin word “murus”, meaning “wall”.

Читати далі »MURALIZATION