From inside

The From Inside exhibition project presents the work of four Ukrainian photographers – Alexander Chekmenev, Pavlo Dorohoi, Igor Efimov and Daria Svertilova – as part of the Pavilion of the Future Ukraine 2024.
To be discovered at Petit Paradis, Hôtel de Ville d’Avignon and the Manufacture garden. Free admission.

« During last two years, there has been a large circulation of photos from Ukraine, thousands of photographers are trying to show the war, and a year ago the remaining media attention was focused on the events in Ukraine. However, many stories remain untold, forgotten, or misunderstood.

Exhibition project From Inside together with four Ukrainian artists who address the deep experiences and personal stories of Ukrainians and try to visualize them through photography. The war in Ukraine has been going on since 2014, and in February 2022, Russia’s full-scale invasion began. The works presented here created both before and after the Big War, demonstrate how life and artists’ visual language have changed.

The stories created by Ukrainian artists are different from those we can see in the international press, which are created by photographers of the whole world. The main difference is language, access to conversation, the opportunity to talk and understand, and through conversation and photography to try to convey deep feelings, what is hidden inside, what you want to be silent about or even forget.

From Inside is not only a look at the middle of the country, but also an immersion in a new experience of life during the war, for which no one was prepared. These are stories of immigrants; families who lost loved ones at the front; young people who are faced with a decisive choice and who will never be able to return to their homes and families.»

Kateryna Radchenko, Odesa Photo Days

The Pavilion of the Future project is implemented by La Manufacture, NGO Cultural Diplomacy Foundation and Ukrainian Institute with support of IZOLYATSIA foundation, Trans Europe Halles and Malý Berlín and co-financed by the ZMINA: Rebuilding program, created with the support of the European Union under a dedicated call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced people and the Ukrainian Cultural and Creative Sectors.

The exhibitions are organized in partnership with La Manufacture, Petit Paradis, Odesa Photo Days, Hangar-Brussels, Hôtel de ville d’Avignon.

* Petit Paradis, 23 rue des Lices
04 > 21 July, from Wednesday to Sunday, 11h > 13h – 15h > 20h
« Temporary homes » and « Irreversibly Altered » by Daria Svertilova
« Selected images » and « Faces of memory » by Igor Efimov

* Garden of La Manufacture, 2 rue des Écoles
04 > 21 juillet (break on 10 & 17.07)
Monday to Sunday, 9h30 > 23h
« Citizens of Kyiv » by Alexander Chekmenev

* Hall of the Hôtel de Ville, Place de l’Horloge :
08 > 21 July, Monday to Saturday, 8h00 > 18h00
« The subway as shelter » by Pavlo Dorohoi