Mariupol: 86 Days of Strength

We invite the international design community to participate in a poster call «Mariupol: 86 days of strength» – a special project that will be a part of the 4th Block Triennial, 2024. This project honors the defenders of Mariupol who fought an impossible battle and gave hope to all of Ukraine in its darkest and bloodiest hour.
We encourage you to imagine Mariupol not as a place of unthinkable tragedy, but as a place of extraordinary strength. The strength that will lead Ukraine on the road to victory.

Main facts about the siege of Mariupol:
• The siege lasted 86 days and became one of the biggest and deadliest battles of the XXI century.
• Defenders of Mariupol took a stand against the Russian hordes that outnumbered Ukrainian forces five to one. 7000 brave Ukrainian soldiers faced wave after wave of 30,000 Russian troops equipped with armored vehicles and heavy weapons and prevented further occupation of the Ukrainian South.
• Mariupol, ravaged by war, experienced some of the worst humanitarian and environmental catastrophes since the horrors of WWII. In 2022 it became a place of both ecocide and genocide that were happening at the same time.
• During the 86-day-long battle, the Russian forces committed numerous acts of unspeakable cruelty targeting thousands of civilians at evacuation checkpoints, bombing maternity and children’s hospitals, and attacking the theatre full of civilians – women, and children, and many other crimes. They forcefully relocated tens of thousands of children and adults from Mariupol to Russia.
• Mariupol showed remarkable heroism, courage, and resilience and became a place where Ukrainian fighters stood their ground against the overwhelming Russian war machine.

Specs for posters:
70×100 cm / RGB, 200 dpi / JPG, PDF
Please sign files in English in the following order:
Country_First Name_Last Name_Title of the poster.

Send your poster files to:
12triennial4block@gmail.com

The subject of the letter:
Reimagine Mariupol

NEW DEADLINE FOR REIMAGE MARIUPOL.
“MARIUPOL: 86 DAYS OF STRENGTH” IS JANUARY 20, 2024

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Cover poster: Dasha Podoltseva, Ukraine