Iryna Kovalenko is a doctoral researcher at the Collaborative Research Center 1512 “Intervening Arts” at the European University Viadrina of Frankfurt (Oder) and Free University Berlin. Her field of research is the contemporary Ukrainian culture and literature. Within the CRC 1512, she is working on the project “The practices of artistic intervention during the Ukrainian Revolution in 2013/2014”. She is examining how artists contributed to the protests on the Maidan, challenging dominant narratives and highlighting the unique aesthetics that emerged.