CO-CREATION OF “GERDAN” BANDURA QUARTET AND MILITARY JOURNALIST RUSLAN HANUSHCHAK: EXPERIMENTAL FORMS OF ARTISTIC COLLABORATION

Abstract

The article explores the phenomenon of interdisciplinary collaboration in the Ukrainian artistic environment through the creative partnership of the “Gerdan” bandura quartet and military journalist Ruslan Hanushchak. The study analyzes this co-creation in its musical-performative, artistic, patriotic-educational, and emotional-communicative dimensions. The purpose of the research is to examine the specific features of this creative partnership as an example of experimental artistic practice, with an emphasis on the role of music in shaping new cultural-identity meanings within the context of wartime. The methodology is based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines historical, cultural, and musicological analysis, along with elements of media studies. Comparative and contextual analysis are also used to investigate comprehensively the audiovisual nature of the project. The scientific novelty of this research lies in the study of an underexplored artistic phenomenon – the collaboration between professional academic musical ensemble and documentary journalist as an innovative creative practice. The message of this co-creation is expressed through combination of visual imagery and bandura musiс, which is a full-fledged emotional-semantic component of artistic expression. The conclusions highlight the significant potential of such interdisciplinary projects in formation of cultural memory, national identity, and civic consciousness. The works of the “Gerdan” quartet and Ruslan Hanushchak possess high artistic value, representing a synergy of music and documentary as a powerful means of emotional impact, truth- telling, and affirming art as a form of social dialogue. The high professionalism of the bandura performers is confirmed by masterfully selected repertoire, its technical and expressive capabilities, and the emotional intensity of the performance.Such forms of collaboration, especially during wartime, serve as vital tools of national consolidation, patriotic education, and cultural diplomacy.