Package definition [Trilogie de la Guerre] - Vidy

Un Champ brûlé explores Russia’s great classical and musical heritage and its relationship to violence and the current state of war.

Un Endroit perdu delves into folk music, and especially songs of mourning, in a performative lamentation on the desire to kill and the memory of trauma.

Elina Kulikova and Dima Efremov, two exiled Russian artists and seasoned musicians, present three performances reflecting on the Russian war in Ukraine through music and autobiographical fiction: an act of resistance that turns art against culture, when the latter serves as a vehicle for violence. Une Nuit blanche — the last part of the triptych, presented independently of the other two — is dedicated to Dima Efremov, a virtuoso queer pianist and activist. It explores forced exile, music, celebration and the militant initiatives that aid oppressed artists in Russia and help them escape. Inspired by the world of pop music, Une Nuit blanche evokes political repression and the joy that fuels resistance through music, laughter and dance. The trilogy also consists of Un Champ brûlé, which explores Russia’s great classical and musical heritage and its relationship to violence and the current state of war — and Un Endroit perdu, which delves into folk music, and especially songs of mourning, in a performative lamentation on the desire to kill and the memory of trauma.