[Texto disponible solo en inglés] What happens to a media art community when the context in which it works is radically disrupted?

Since 2017, Carbon Art Residency has been developing a platform for new media artists in Ukraine, combining residencies, exhibitions, audiovisual performances, educational programmes and events in post-industrial spaces. After the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, many of the conditions that had supported this ecosystem changed dramatically: artists were displaced, cultural spaces became inaccessible or damaged, and international collaboration became essential for the continuity of artistic practice.

This hybrid lecture presents the Carbon experience as a case study of how an independent media art community can adapt, reorganise and continue working under extreme conditions.

The presentation will trace the development of Carbon from its early work with audiovisual and digital practices to international collaborations developed during wartime, focusing on projects such as *WHEN WAR WILL END?*, *Reimagining Realities* and Carbon Media Art Fest.

Rather than presenting a ready-made formula, the lecture will look at the actual processes behind the projects: how artists and curators work when physical infrastructure becomes unstable; how post-industrial spaces can become platforms for new media; how audiovisual practices respond to war, displacement and collective memory; and how international networks can help sustain a cultural ecosystem.

The lecture will take place in a hybrid format, with the presenter and audience connected both in Rome during LPM and online via Zoom. Documentation, video fragments and project materials will be shared as part of the presentation, followed by a short discussion with participants.

The aim is to share not only the results, but also the working methods, challenges and adaptations behind almost a decade of independent media art practice in Ukraine.