Oleksandra Pavlovska - Ukrainian photographer, artist. Lives in Kyiv. Works with art photo projects devoted to the themes of loneliness, emotionality and physicality. The author and participant of more than 20 solo and group exhibitions, festivals, art residences in Ukraine and abroad, winner of Ukrainian and international competitions.
Conception of the project PAWNS
This is a collection of photographs of the Travneve village and its inhabitants. Due to historical circumstances, the deportation of the Ukrainians and the Poles in 1945-1946 was suppressed and virtually forgotten. Forcibly displaced peoples – that is the story of the entire village. The present-time inhabitants of Travneve comprise those directly affected by that vile act and their descendants, although the latter ones are very reluctant to share their memories for fear they might take hold of them again.
With this project, we want to draw public attention to the importance of historical memory and the truth, which can overcome conflicts and become a basis for mutual understanding among the descendants of their difficult history, so that it does not happen again
