A G E N D A Yevheniia Laptii: Cherkaski Tyshky
17 October 2024 - 23 February 2025
This display features a selection of photographs by the Ukrainian artist Yevheniia Laptii (b. 1992, Kharkiv), all showing the village of Cherkaski Tyshky, near Kharkiv.
This is the second part of the first project of A G E N D A, a new series of artist projects that respond to global events and address pressing issues of our time. The series aims to show how art can offer insight and understanding beyond the 24-hour news cycle.
Cherkaski Tyshky is the most enduring setting and subject of Laptii’s work. Located ten kilometres north-east of Kharkiv, close to the Russian border, the village is home to Laptii’s grandparents. On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it was occupied by the Russian army. Laptii was staying in Cherkaski Tyshky at the time. After nine weeks under occupation, the village was liberated by Ukrainian forces.
Gallery
Selection of photographic images by Yevheniia Laptii created between 2017 – 2024. The artist has used digital editing techniques to ‘colour’ some of the images. All images copyright of the artist.
15 Kilometers / 274 Days
15 Kilometers / 274 Days
When the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022 Yevheniia Laptii was just a few miles away from her home and family on the other side of the front line. However, the only way she could reach them was to make a journey of over 3,000 miles through Russia and four other countries.
Read about her experience and see photographs Laptii took in her project 15 Kilometres / 274 Days.
About A G E N D A Project 1 / Part 1
Part 1 of the project was on display at Kettle’s Yard in March – June 2024. The first project displayed the photograph ‘Deti’ (2023) by Laptii. At the time of the Russian invasion, Laptii was living in a village near Kharkiv, which became Russian occupied territory. Travelling via Moscow, the artist eventually returned to Ukraine in the autumn of 2022, by which time the Ukrainian army had reclaimed most of the territory east of Kharkiv. ‘Deti’ responds to this moment in the artist’s life, inspired by a photograph she took on her return to the ‘deoccupied’ territories.
About A G E N D A
A G E N D A is a new series of artist projects at Kettle’s Yard that respond to global events and address pressing issues of our time. Launched on 12 March 2024, the series aims to show how a single work of art can offer insight and understanding beyond the 24-hour news cycle.
Project curated by Naomi Polonsky.
About Yevheniia Laptii
I don’t perceive reality, I generate it.
Yevheniia Laptii (b. 1992, Kharkiv, Ukraine) studied at the Kharkiv Art Academy of Design and Arts specialising in art history. She began her career making digitally altered photographic images in 2016. She has participated in various group and solo exhibitions in Ukraine, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Poland and Austria. She is a laureate of the 2018 NonStopMedia contest. Her project at Kettle’s Yard is the first presentation of her work in the UK.
