Author Isabel Jacobs

Isabel Jacobs

Isabel Jacobs is a researcher based between London and Prague, working on philosophy, visual culture, and the history of science in Russia and Eastern Europe. Her film writing can be found in e-flux Notes, The East European Film Bulletin, and Little White Lies.

Documenting War: An Interview with Alina Maksimenko

July 2025

Once a quiet town at the outskirts of Kyiv, Irpin became one of the first front lines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In February 2022, visual artist and filmmaker Alina Maksimenko found herself there, with a ...