Exhibition Launch - Self-Defined. New Stories From Archives

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Exclusive opening of Self-Defined. New Stories From Archives, unveiling a landmark exhibition exploring how memory, identity and history are shaped through photography, archival fragments and personal narrative. Featuring internationally recognised artists Karolina Gembara, Emine Ziyatdin, Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva and Zenta Dzividzinska, the exhibition examines post-WW2 displacement, border shifts, Crimean Tatar history, Soviet-era visual culture, and the fragility of family archives. Works combine photography, collage, film and speculative reconstruction, revealing how personal histories intersect with geopolitical rupture. This launch offers first access to a major cultural project redefining how Eastern and Central European histories are told through contemporary art.

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