Anniversary readings of “Bu-Ba-Bu”

March 31, 2005, Lviv.

The video shows a fragment of a festive literary evening dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the creation of the literary group “Bu-Ba-Bu” (Burlesque, Balagan, Bufonada): performance by Viktor Neborak, Oleksandr Irvanets, Yuri Andrukhovych; posters; audience in the hall, various shots.

Reference: “Bu-Ba-Bu” (Burlesque-Balagan-Bufonada) is a Ukrainian literary group founded in 1985 in Lviv by Yuri Andrukhovych (Patriarch), Viktor Neborak (Procurator) and Oleksandr Irvanets (Pidskarbiy). The association became a symbol of carnival thinking and aesthetic rebellion of the transitional era, combining poetry with elements of theatrical action. The most active period of activity was in the late 1980s — early 1990s.