Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral will host a special video installation documenting the journey Ukrainians need to make in order to flee the nation following Russia's invasion.
Izyum to Liverpool is a the train journey told through a multi-channel video installation filmed direct from the railway carriage. Filmed in real-time, this is an extraordinary window into the journey of escape many Ukrainians have taken since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.
The journey starts with views of liberated Ukrainian regions moving to other cities.
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At the press launch, Ukrainian artist Katya Buchatska told the Liverpool Echo: "I think it's always a big challenge to know what people will feel because it's impossible to predict it. But my point is to be honest in what I do and I think you see that in the journey.
"My idea was to share this experience of unsafety and of the fragility of the surroundings but to still show life because people still exist there. We start from Izyum and move to now liberated territory, but it was occupied by Russians just six months ago where a lot of civilian people were killed, raped, and tortured."
The film is being shown as part of the EuroFestival lineup and one of one of 24 unique commissions celebrating the Eurovision Song Contest with Izyum bringing focus to the reality of the ongoing conflict in Ukriane. Izyum to Liverpool is available to the public from May 1.
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