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Born simultaneously in Berlin and in Kyiv, the “Tacheles Kunstinitiative” and the “Paris Commune Street” have experienced similar developments as symbols of underground culture. In the 1990s, Kyiv and Berlin indeed became the centers of multiple protest sites, echoing the popular idea that “urban air makes you free”. Far from being the only ones to experience this phenomenon, the two cities mirror a more global movement of youth liberation in Eastern Europe, while squats appear also in Moscow or in Leningrad - now St Petersburg.

Seit mehreren Wochen zieht die Ukraine die Aufmerksamkeit der Medien auf sich. Grund dafür ist das Wiederaufflammen der Spannungen im Osten des Landes und der Umgebung. Auch wenn die politische Lage seit 2014 instabil bleibt, ist es bedauerlich, wenn die gegenwärtigen Ereignisse – so beunruhigend sie auch sein mögen – uns davon abhalten, einen anderen Blick auf dieses boomende Land zu werfen...

Photographer Viktoria Sorochinski ave us an interview on the occasion of her exhibition "Brother & Sister" at ArtEast Gallery. She guided us through her enchanted world and shared with us experiences and memories that we are happy to present here, in our gallery blog. Part 2/2.

" I am always interested in playing with the boundary between reality and fiction, where the line often becomes blurred. I never work with actors or models, only with regular people involved in real relationships."

 Photographer Viktoria Sorochinski ave us an interview on the occasion of her exhibition "Brother & Sister" at ArtEast Gallery. She guided us through her enchanted world and shared with us experiences and memories that we are happy to present here, in our gallery blog. Part 1/2.