Ukraine’s Construction Festival has shared the lineup for its 2025 edition, taking place later this month.
Based in Dnipro, the festival of contemporary art and experimental music aims to highlight the work of a number of Ukrainian figures. Among them this year is Odesa-raised artist Polje, the moniker of Viktor Konstantinov, who features on 2025’s SHAPE+ roster of artists. The self-taught musician blends elements of krautrock, jazz, hip hop, ambient, post-punk and other genres in his work, while his instruments include groovebox, sampler, synthesisers, guitars, clarinet, vocals, field recordings and fragments of audiobooks.
Also listed to play are several other Ukrainian artists, such as Parking Spot & Hnizdo Vyvilhy, Selective Softener & Kapela Zbyten’, TRANCEDÆNCE, Chloe Landau, Oleksii Shevchenko, Matukhno, Anna Dovhan, undo despot, Axelrod Bering, Ksztalt and Andrew Deme.
2025 marks the ninth edition of Construction Festival, and this year’s event is taking place under the theme of ‘Routine Flux’. It will explore “themes of instability and resilience; contradictions that can coexist; friendship that sometimes turns into hostility; and the ability to be both strong and vulnerable,” according to a press release shared by the festival.
In a statement, Construction’s organisers said: “Instability creates the reality we live in and becomes the form of existence for many things. What once seemed temporary becomes permanent, while what felt solid and lasting is deformed beyond recognition in the new everyday. The full-scale war was initially perceived by many as a temporary challenge. But with time, it revealed itself to be a challenge without a clear end, stretched across days and years. Adapting to what felt temporary has become a way of being – a routine of flux.”
SHAPE+ is a European Union and Pro Helvetia-funded platform for innovative music and audiovisual art. Bringing together 54 artists, the 2024/25 roster is the largest list the platform has announced to date, and draws from the results of an open call, as well as curatorial propositions from the European festivals who constitute its membership.
