On 23 October 2018, at 1:00pm, a press conference “’Ukraine: Overcoming’ Visual Arts Project” will be held at the press centre of Ukrinform news agency.
Organised by: Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
Speakers: Artem Bidenko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine; Olena Prokopenko, Chairwoman of the Board at the Institute of Public Diplomacy, a charity, supervisor of the project; Yevhen Rokytskyi, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the Institute of Public Diplomacy; Vlad Tuzov, art director at Kyiv Photo Week; Serhiy Tumanov, photographer, executive director at Kyiv Photo Week; Mirian Mikadze, art manager.
Address: 8/16 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St, Kyiv.
The project includes a photo exhibition which shows how Ukraine is going through the times of the most formidable challenges of today — occupation of a part of its southern and eastern territory, massive information warfare, and getting rid of outdated industries.
The photo exhibition has been presented in Chicago and San Francisco in the U.S., Krynica-Zdroj in Poland, and Prague in Czech Republic.