A major exhibition - What is Your Name? – took place from December 10 through December 21, 2016 in Kyiv’s Mystetsky Arsenal. It was dedicated to the social integration of families of displaced people and their children. The exhibition was organized as a part of a wider UNICEF campaign - You Are Among Friends. Let's Be Together – designed to focus attention on the problems of families and children forced to become migrants within their own country.
Exhibition curator: Katia Taylor.
There are now 230 000 displaced children among us in a world unfamiliar to them. And whether they feel like home here depends on us. We must show them that we care.
The exhibition brings together a number of thematic projects of the organizers and partners: starting from the artistic works, audio-visual, VR and AR content, screenings, theatrical performances and art space to public lectures and seminars for the media.
"The saddest thing is that all conflicts make children suffer. Helping them to overcome the fear and confusion and return to their normal life is our common responsibility," said Giovanna Barberis, Chief of the UNICEF Representative Office in Ukraine.
"The forced migrants should not be regarded as a problem for the State, but rather as an extra strong resource in matters of peace-building and the development of new approaches to solution of many critical issues related to the conflict. Creation of appropriate conditions and equal opportunities for all communities' members regardless of their previous residence is a unique opportunity for the State to become progressive, powerful and enriched. Our Ministry puts the person and the person's needs and desires into focus. These are our positions, from which we build policy integration and post-conflict recovery,” said Vadym Chernysh, Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons.
"We don’t want to show the differences between the lives of the families of migrants and the rest of the society, but we want to show what keeps us together - the human values and habits. The only thing that separates us from the people who are forced to leave their homes and habitual way of life, is artificial psychological barriers. These barriers create new ideologies and build up negative stereotypes dividing society. This exhibition through art will help us to overcome barriers and to assist the psychological rehabilitation of the displaced children", exhibition curator Katia Taylor explained.
Location: Mystetsky Arsenal, Lavrska St. 10-12, free of charge.
Organized by: The Representation of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine, Mystetsky Arsenal and FILM.UA Group
