Lush Liverpool will host a four-week-long photo exhibit, a collaboration between Homotopia and UKRAINEPRIDE.
The exhibition showcases the lives of queer people living and loving each other throughout the war to raise awareness for one of the most marginalised communities living in Ukraine.
Lush Liverpool's third floor will host the work by artist Artur Vovchenko, a queer photographer, multi-disciplinary artist and activist based in Ukraine who has been working to tell the stories of the lives of queer people during the war in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
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Artur has captured ten uniquely queer stories – each person’s narrative will be exhibited through five photographs, an accompanied text telling the individual’s story and a QR code for an audio description. The exhibition will be accompanied by a special sound design from Nastya Vogan.
The work will be available to buy throughout the exhibition with all funds going to UKRAINEPRIDE’s ‘LGBTQ+ Ukraine Emergency Fund’ to help safeguard Queer Ukrainians affected by war.
Sofiia Lapina, the President of UKRAINEPRIDE NGO, said: "In recent years the Ukrainian LGBT community has made considerable progress in protecting its rights and promoting its diversity.
"Now it is extremely important for us not to lose, but to preserve and multiply the gains. The exhibition tells about how in the darkest time queer Ukrainians remain themselves – this is a personal victory for each of them.
"The support we have received in partnership with Homotopia is unexpected and incredible for us, from the very beginning of the project to the exhibition. We hope to invite them to do another collaboration in Ukraine after we win.
"For Ukraine, this project is another opportunity to speak with pride about its diversity, no matter what.”
The exhibition will take place from Thursday, April 20 until Thursday, May 18.
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