Chris Sampson talks with artist and performer Aziza Eskender about the connections between creativity, identity, and Ukraine’s resistance. Aziza describes growing up drawing and performing, her training in puppet and animation theatre, and how the full-scale invasion changed her relationship with art.
The conversation explores Crimean Tatar cultural expression, the effects of Russian colonization on language and historical memory, and her decision to move away from creating in Russian. She explains how drawing, music, and small fundraising projects became ways to document the war and support her community—even when making art initially felt impossible.
