🇪🇺 European Parliament
🇺🇦 Mission of Ukraine to the European Union
Mission de l’Ukraine auprès de l’Union européenne
À qui de droit
La Mission de l’Ukraine auprès de l’Union européenne a l’honneur d’attirer l’attention des institutions et des personnes concernées sur le projet de Yona Tukuser intitulé « HUNGER ».
Le projet « HUNGER » porte sur l’un des chapitres les plus douloureux de l’histoire de l’Ukraine – l’Holodomor, une famine artificielle orchestrée par les autorités soviétiques en 1932–1933, reconnue comme un génocide par des dizaines d’États et d’organisations internationales, dont le Parlement européen.
Le projet artistique de Yona Tukuser est le fruit d’une recherche approfondie et repose sur des documents d’archives retraçant les famines artificielles qui ont frappé l’Ukraine à différentes périodes du XXe siècle. Ce projet rappelle avec force les conséquences de l’utilisation de la faim comme outil politique. Le travail de Yona Tukuser invite à une réflexion sur l’utilisation historique de la faim par les régimes totalitaires et souligne l’importance de la solidarité internationale pour s’opposer à de telles pratiques.
L’exposition « HUNGER » a été coorganisée par la Mission de l’Ukraine auprès de l’UE et s’est tenue au Parlement européen du 23 au 26 janvier 2024, à l’occasion du 90e anniversaire de la tragédie de l’Holodomor. L’événement a bénéficié du soutien des États membres de l’UE, de la Représentation permanente de la République de Bulgarie auprès de l’UE et de la Mission des États-Unis auprès de l’UE. L’exposition a été visitée par la Présidente du Parlement européen, des députés éminents ainsi que des représentants des institutions européennes et des médias.
Le projet « HUNGER » a le pouvoir de susciter la compassion, l’humanisme et le soutien collectif en faveur de la justice et de la solidarité. Ce sont ces valeurs dont nos sociétés ont besoin dans un contexte mondial de plus en plus complexe.
Sincèrement,
Vsevolod Chentsov
Ambassadeur, Chef de la Mission
🇧🇬 Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria
REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
Sofia, 17 Aleksandar Stamboliyski Boulevard
TO THE ATTENTION OF:
MRS. YONA TUKUSER
LETTER OF SUPPORT
The Ministry of Culture is issuing the present letter to support the touring exhibition organized by Mrs. Yona Tukuser.
Mrs. Tukuser’s project titled “Hunger” is an artistic and scientific work which includes: a documentary film, text in the form of quotes from documents, archive photos, sound compositions and paintings. It has been successfully presented at the National Gallery "Kvadrat 500" in 2022.
The project is of cultural and educational value and provides the opportunity for debate.
The initiative promotes contemporary art and is worth supporting.
Respectfully Yours,
KRASTYU KRASTEV
Minister of Culture – Republic of Bulgaria
08.09.2023
🇧🇬 Embassy of Bulgaria to the Holy See
Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria
to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of Malta
LETTER OF SUPPORT
This letter certifies that the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Holy See /Vatican City/ morally supports the scientific-artistic project entitled "HUNGER" by the Bulgarian-Ukrainian artist Yona Tukuser.
The project "HUNGER" analyzes the theme of the Holodomor in Ukraine and presents the historical context in which the contemporary war in Europe breaks out, while also encouraging the search for innovative solutions to today’s challenges. In this way, art acts as a catalyst for change and development, helping to address current challenges.
We are convinced that art is an important tool for Ukraine, as a reliable partner on the front line in safeguarding democratic values within the European space. This becomes especially relevant in the context of increasing hybrid threats aimed at the modern European state, with its ancient history, culture, and art.
We believe that culture is both a vital tool and a sought-after channel for public diplomacy, shaping the positive spiritual image of peoples and defending peace.
The Embassy invites state institutions, private organizations, academic circles, and all others who could contribute to the success of the initiative to support it.
Kostadin Kodzhabashev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Republic of Bulgaria to the Holy See
and the Sovereign Order of Malta
15 April 2024
Via P. Galtelli, 36 – 00197 Rome
🇧🇬 Embassy of Bulgaria in London
The Bulgarian Embassy
London, 24/08/2022
LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION
To whom it may concern
The Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in London has the honour to bring to the attention of concerned institutions and individuals a series of paintings by the Ukrainian-born Bulgarian artist Ms Yona Tukuser. Her works depict with an uncompromising intensity the utter moral degradation and physical annihilation caused by the politically induced famine in the years 1946–1947 in Bessarabia, a part of the then Soviet Union, predominantly inhabited by ethnic Bulgarians.
The paintings of Ms Tukuser explore the depravities of human nature on many levels, but currently reverberate on a yet wider scale, when taking into account the recent developments in Ukraine, the related widespread human suffering and the imminent threat of food shortages and famine in large parts of the world.
It is for these very reasons that the Bulgarian Embassy in London gives its unequivocal support and highly recommends any arrangements that will showcase Ms Tukuser’s work to wider audiences, so that the relatively unknown tragic events of the past may serve as a warning to generations to come.
Marin RAYKOV
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the
United Kingdom of Britain and Northern Ireland
🇺🇸 Nu Boyana Film Studios
Hereby the Nu Boyana Film Studios expresses its moral and professional support for the development of interdisciplinary project "Hunger" of artist Yona Tukuser.
Nu Boyana Film Studios which is owned by one of the longest-running independent film companies in Hollywood, Nu Image and Millennium Media, provides for free use a studio in which to continue work on the project "Hunger".
Confident in the potential of such a interdisciplinary project as well as in its future development, the Nu Boyana Film Studios support the initiative of presenting the "Hunger" to the public in the form of an art exhibition with some of the paintings created in the studio in Nu Boyana.
Nu Boyana Film Studios
Kumata Str., Cinema Center, Sofia 1616, Bulgaria
www.nuboyana.com
