TRANSFORMATION OF THE SYMBOLIC SPACE OF ART IN UKRAINE DURING THE FULL-SCALE INVASION

The article examines the changes in the symbolic space of art in Ukraine that occurred as a result of the full-scale invasion. The aim of the article is to identify the directions of transformation of the symbolic space of art in Ukraine during the full-scale invasion. The theoretical basis of the work is highlighted, represented by the works of C. Peirce (analysis of symbolic space through the triad of object, sign and interpreter), J. Lotman (symbolic space in settlements), P. Bourdieu (art space as a field of struggle for recognition, prestige and authority), U. Eco (structuring of the human world through signs and symbols), A. Schopenhauer and J. Dale (determination of human subjectivity/objectivity in the process of observing works of art), E. Cassirer (in his consideration of man as animal symbolicum). It is revealed that the military events in Ukraine have renewed allusions related to the historical experience of rethinking wars and the consequences of dictatorial regimes that took place during the twentieth century (in particular, during the Second World War), the impact of which went beyond the cultural art space and influenced political processes in other countries. The functions of the symbolic space of art are highlighted: the formation of social memory related to the events in the country; strengthening of national identity and promotion of national culture; rethinking the events of the war; reflection of suffering and loss; self-therapy as an ability to improve the subjective states of people with traumatic experiences. It is determined that the transformational processes taking place in the space of Ukrainian art are currently the rupture and denial of past events (expressed in the process of decommunisation), substantive enrichment (through the emergence of new symbols related to military events), digitalisation (distribution of images on the Internet), internationalisation (both the representation of Ukrainian works in other countries and the emergence of works by foreign artists dedicated to events in Ukraine). Since war is a social phenomenon associated with suffering and loss, art acquires the function of self-therapy – access to cultural space allows one to rethink personal traumatic experiences in a safe environment and to realise not only personal suffering but also the suffering of other people who have suffered the same losses. Their symbolic dimension encourages an ethical study of the consequences of war, rethinking its events and searching for ways to overcome its consequences.