“From Inside” Photo Exhibition at the ​​Festival d’Avignon

The photo exhibition “From Inside” curated by Kateryna Radchenko is taking place at the one of the oldest theatre festival Festival d’Avignon, France.

The From Inside exhibition project presents the work of four Ukrainian photographers – Alexander Chekmenev, Pavlo Dorohoi, Igor Efimov and Daria Svertilova. They 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 photo exhibition is part of the broader Ukrainian program “Pavilion of the Future, Ukraine 2024: With Beating Hearts”, which is presented in Avignon for the second time by the Ukrainian Institute and La Manufacture. In particular, the festival, which runs from July 4 to 22, will feature the theater performance “Caligula”, the film “20 Days in Mariupol”, and a series of discussions on resilience and reconstruction. The Ukrainian pavilion will present a variety of artistic events united by the theme of full-scale war with a special focus on Mariupol. The headliner will be the documentary musical performance “City of Mary: Siege Diaries” by Yevhenia Vidishcheva and the Vidlik Projects theater project, which will tell the story of twin sisters Ania and Nastia Grechkina, who managed to escape the occupation.

The photo exhibition “From Inside” is demonstrated at the following locations:

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 July (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 Friday, 8h30 > 16h30
«The subway as shelter» by Pavlo Dorohoi 

Free admission.

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

The project “Pavilion of the Future, Ukraine 2024: With Beating Hearts” is implemented by La Manufacture and the Ukrainian Institute with the support of the IZOLYATSIA Foundation, Trans Europe Halles, and Malý Berlín and co-funded by the ZMINA: Rebuilding programme, created with the support of the European Union as part of a special call for proposals to support Ukrainian displaced persons and the Ukrainian cultural and creative sectors.

Cover photo: Igor Efimov, Winter Fishing on Dnipro River.