Forum cinema, 5 Legionowa Street
exhibition opening: May 25, 2022, 18:00
exhibition open until June 19, 2022, from 14:00 to 21:00
“In spring 2014, the Russian military, assisted by local collaborationists occupied part of Eastern Ukraine, including the largest city of the region — Donetsk. Occupied territory immediately became a dangerous place for any pro-Ukrainian individual.
I was last in Donetsk, my hometown, in January 2014. I could never have expected then that this visit would be my last one.
My family photo archive is still there in my flat. I may never see it again. It may no longer exist as I write this text or when you will be reading it. Attempts to retrieve it may entail unnecessary risks for those who would assist me. All I can do to preserve my family’s visual history is to reconstruct at least those photos that I still remember. To reconstruct them using any available materials and photos of other people no longer needed by their previous owners. To occupy somebody else’s memorabilia exactly the same way my own were occupied.”
Andrii Dostliev
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