Interview with Anhelina L. Starkova in Dezeen

Trauma of Ukraine war “was crucial for me as an architect” says Tallinn Architecture Biennale curator Anhelina Starkova.

Anhelina L Starkova explains how her experience of living through the Ukraine warhas shaped her approach to curating the 2024 Tallinn Architecture Biennale in this interview.

Starkova, who was chief curator of this year’s biennale, is from Kharkiv in north-east Ukraine – a city that has suffered heavy bombardment since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, coming close to being captured early on in the conflict.

According to the curator, she experienced something close to an epiphany not long after the war began, while taking refuge in the bunker in her house as bombs fell around it

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