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Museum of Cultures | EXHIBITION ARCHIVE
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INTO THE BORDERWORLD
Images and Stories from Ukraine
9.5.2007 - 7.10.2007
The exhibition introduces the world of Ukraine's eastern border. This is done by means of brining together photographs and stories of the people who live near the border. The photos and the recorded stories will put the visitors' own familiar, everyday surroundings in a new light and motivate them to re-think them: the remote life of small villages at the eastern edge of Ukraine comes closer under the gaze of the Finnish audience.
The four themes that introduce Ukraine's border-world represent the four aspects of human activity as regards the border and life in general. People cross and protect a border by travelling across and protecting their own country. But a border can also be grown: implanted into people's perceptions and attitudes. Finally, a border can be remembered, as the past can be invoked or forgotten. Eventually, not only a border but a state itself, a nation takes shape. Ukraine's changing eastern border tells us about the transformation of contemporary Ukraine.
Working group
Photographs by Katri Pynnöniemi
Texts by Arseniy Svynarenko, Vadim Kononenko
Exhibition design by Terhi Tuomi
Further information
Researcher Katri Pynnöniemi, The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
tel. +358 9 4342 0713
katri.pynnoniemi(at)upi-fiia.fi
Director Eija-Maija Kotilainen, Museum of Cultures
tel. +358 9 4050 9811
eija-maija.kotilainen(at)nba.fi
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