A new digital exhibition will display Ukrainian mosaics, some of which were destroyed during the ongoing war, at this year’s Greenwich+Docklands International Festival in London.
Part of the UK/Ukraine Season of Culture by the British Council and the Ukrainian Institute, images of the mosaics will be projected onto the walls of the Old Royal Naval College.
Brightly coloured, hyper-intricate digital projections of the mosaics will be accompanied by striking sounds, to draw attention to both Ukraine’s cultural legacy and losses.
Yevgen Nikiforov, curator of the exhibition, said: "Three years ago, we collected dozens of the most interesting mosaics for an animated projection to take a new look at the monumental art of Ukraine in the 20th century.
“Now, these unique objects are under threat, like the entire Ukrainian heritage. Through the display of these works in London, we will inscribe this layer of Ukrainian culture, still not sufficiently studied, in the history of world art.”