Holodomor exhibition on display in South Africa

The exhibition by Ukrainian artist Yuliya Fedorovych on the Holodomor is on display in Durban, where it opened on July 16, the Ukrainian Association of South Africa reported. The exhibition was first shown in Cape Town last year.

At the opening of the Durban Holocaust and Genocide Center, organizers encouraged visitors to honor the memory of the Holodomor victims and to work together to ensure that the testimony about these horrific chapters of history is passed down through generations.

“The opening led seamlessly into a thought-provoking panel discussion on the theme: “Communicating historical trauma through art,” skillfully hosted by Claudia Blythe Hooper,  from the Center of Holocaust and Genocide in Cape Town,” the message reads. Kateryna Aloshyna, the President of the Ukrainian Association of South Africa, also participated in the discussion.

The exhibition explores the Holodomor of the 1930s through a series of posters that blend traditional Ukrainian embroidery elements with the Constructivist style of the 1920s and 1930s. Each poster is also available in augmented reality, allowing visitors to interact with historical facts through their smartphones. The project also includes an animated film “My name is Yevgenia Sakevich-Dallas,” which tells the personal story of the artist who survived the Holodomor, deportation, war, and emigration.

The exhibition in Durban is open to the public free of charge until July 30.