The youth space ‘Uyava’ (Imagination) together with the artist Andrew Skripka and teenagers organized a series of drawing walks, painting different streets and buildings of Kharkiv. Usually, they've picked architectural buildings and streets that are iconic and interesting to see. The main factor during the drawing walks was the ability to use limitations, such as:

1. the same square sheet format, 15x15 cm.
2. the author chooses three different drawing materials (e.g. three colours of pencils or mixed types: marker, pencil, coloured collage paper). In addition to the limitations of materials and format, we are all limited as individuals by our attention, vigilance, and vision. Therefore, when observing a house, we are faced with these limits of perception. In the exhibition, the works convey a common view of the city.

Uyava is a project for young people ages 13 to 25 that has been functioning in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region since January 2024. The team organizes admission-free trainings, discussions, lectures, movie nights, parties, and exhibitions while encouraging and supporting youth in hosting their own events. There are five main areas of work: art, body and physical health, soft skills and mental health, self-fulfillment, culture, and education. The Uyava place in Kharkiv is a safe space for teenagers and young people to get to know each other, share a dialogue, learn something new and useful, or chill while playing board games and drinking tea.

The project is implemented by the Artdacha charitable foundation with the support of Terre des hommes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9bklxUe1Qw

                                        *Head of the space "Uyava" Vasilysa Gaidenko*

"How I See the City"

An exhibition about the shared vision of Kharkiv through photography and drawing.

It explores what catches our attention, why certain details stand out in the urban environment, and how our perceptions and emotions transform into images—whether in the form of a drawing or a photograph.

Curators and mentors Photo by Viktoriya Yakymenko, sketches by Andriy Skrypka

11.08.24