War in Ukraine's memory and everyday life
The exhibition combines two works by Mila Teshaieva, both of which deal with the war in Ukraine. The current war since 2022 and the memories of the Second World War that people have inherited from their grandpare.
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War in Ukraine's memory and everyday life
When war broke out in Ukraine in 2022, Berlin-based photographer Mila Teshaieva travelled to her hometown of Kyiv. She wanted to witness and capture this dramatic historical moment for her country and Europe. The resulting diary, ‘Splitter des Lebens,’ contains very impressive, intimate accounts of her experiences in the first months of the war in pictures and words.
For her series ‘Unfamiliar Memories,’ Teshaieva invited people in Ukraine to reenact their grandparents' memories from the Second World War and the subsequent Soviet era. It is an impressive work that examines historical and national memory as a construct of personal narratives rather than collectively generated visions.
Mila Teshaieva (born 1974 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian artist, filmmaker and photographer whose work deals with national memories and collective identities in the regions of the former Eastern Bloc.
She repeatedly sets out in search of places and stories, asking central questions: What is remembered, what is concealed? What identities emerge from this? Where do we come from – and who are we?
