WEYUAPP is an art project created by Italian photographer Lisa Borgiani in partnership with the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP). The project is a continuation of the series “What does Europe mean to you?” (WEY), which explores the sense of European identity through the personal histories and visual images of residents of European countries.
Four Ukrainian photographers — Katya Moskalyuk (Lviv), Olga Kovalyova (Kharkiv), Mykhailo Palinchak (Kyiv) and Timofiy Melnikov (Odessa) — created a series of photographs where each portrait reveals one feeling, one name and one location related to Europe.
The photos show people whom photographers met in four cities and asked them one simple question: “What does Europe mean to you?” The project aims to reflect the diversity of views on European identity, to demonstrate Europe's cultural and linguistic richness and to stimulate reflection on the concept of “Europeanness”.
WEYUAPP becomes an important contribution to the debate on European identity in the context of contemporary political and social changes, giving Ukrainians the right to vote and offering them the opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings about Europe.
What is Europe for you? Help, future, example!
Andrey, 25 years old, call sign “Spytsia”, BTR driver.
Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 14, 2024
What is Europe for you? Europe is a certain type of thinking.
Eugene and Alexandra, 37 and 28 years old, military.
Ukraine, Odessa, beach “Lanzheron”.
February 23, 2024
What is Europe for you? Europe is a difficult path for our country to the goal.
Yakov Lyashenko, owner of a sewing production, volunteer, photographer.
What is Europe for you? Europe is a cultural diversity.
Yuri, lecturer of the Department of Tourism.
The project will be exhibited in Ukraine and other European countries. It also has a website and pages on social networks where you can learn more about it and its members.
WEYUAPP is a true artistic journey that reveals European identity through personal stories and emotions captured in photographs.
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Researcher of the topic, author of the text: Marusya Maruzhenko
Site Manager: Vladislav Kuhar
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