TITLE: I She Her

"I She Her" is a performance that explores various stages of a woman's development, the stereotypes she encounters throughout her life and learns to resist them. The main character is a collective image of a Girl who goes through different stages of her growing up to maturity, old age and dying.

The play was created in the city of Graz, Austria by Kharkiv actress Vlada Chentsova, who was forced to leave Ukraine due to the full-scale invasion of Russia. After perfomances abroad, the play finally got to Kharkiv, which is near the front line, the hometown of all the actresses who play in it.

AUTHOR: Oleksandr Osipov (Ukraine)

Ukrainian photographer. Born in 1985 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Started the career in 2009, in sports reportage. Worked with the foreign and Ukrainian media.

2012-2016 - FC "Metalist" (Kharkiv) staff photographer. Became the best photographer of Ukrainian Football Premier League three times in a row (2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15). The winner of Ukrainian sports photography competition under the aegis of the National Olympic Committee (2015, 2017). Also worked as a freelancer for UEFA, FIBA and well-known Ukrainian sports clubs, in particular FC "Shakhtar" (Donetsk).

Freelancer as of 2016. Expanded field of activity in reportage photography and photojournalism highlighting social events, arts, the Russia's war against Ukraine. Worked as a stringer for Reuters, EPA.

Became internationally known in March 2022 with video series "In the streets of Kharkiv", series of performances of cellist Denys Karachevtsev playing Bach in the ruined streets of Kharkiv. The project received huge coverage in social media and TV. The video has been presented on the "Late Show with David Letterman" by CBS.

Participant of the number of collective exhibitions dedicated to the war in Ukraine.

Personal awards & recognitions:
2024 - 3rd Place. International Photography Awards;
2024 - Honorable mention. International Photography Awards;
2024 - 4 x Official selection. International Photography Awards;
2024 - Nominee. The reFocus Awards;
2024 - 2 x "Bronze" award. PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris;
2024 - 3 x Honorable Mention. PX3 - Prix de la Photographie, Paris;
2024 - Monochromatic Awards finalist. Dodho Magazine;
2024 - "Platinum Winner". London Photography Awards;
2024 - "Gold Winner". London Photography Awards;
2024 - Honorable mention. The reFocus Awards;
2024 - Nominee in Photojournalism. Fine Art Photography Awards 2023/2024;
2023 - Honorable mention. International Photography Awards;
2015, 2017 - First place. National Olympic Committee competition: the best sports photo of the year.
2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 - The best photographer of the Ukrainian Football Premier League.

Personal exhibitions:
2024 - "Kharkiv: (non)relocated culture (22-24)". Kyiv Academic Drama Theater on Podil. Kyiv, Ukraine;
2024 - "Kharkiv: (non)relocated culture (22-24)". Frankivsk National Drama Theatre. Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine;
2024 - "Shelter for Science". LAPP. Annecy, France;
2024 - "Shelter for Science". CERN. Meren, Geneva, Switzerland;
2023 - "Shelter for Science". Lab DESY. Hamburg, Germany;
2023 - "Shelter for Science". EPS-HEP. Hamburg, Germany;
2023 - "Kharkiv|Culture|War". Art Area DK. Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Collective exhibitions:
2024 - "Safety as Collective Practice". REVOLUTIONALE Festival and the Leipzig Festival of Lights. Screening program at Ringcafé Roßplatz. Leipzig, Germany;
2024 - “Let me show you something beautiful”. Exhibition in front of the Parliament of Georgia. Tbilisi, Georgia;
2024 - "Feel yours: Genius loci". Kharkiv Media Hub Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine;
2024 - "Homeward". Mykola Yaroshenko Poltava Art Museum. Poltava, Ukraine;
2024 - "Art of Freedom: Theatre 'Nafta'". Kharkiv Media Hub Gallery. Kharkiv, Ukraine;
2023 - "Cities of Ukraine". Tummelplatz. Graz, Austria;
2023 - "Cities of Ukraine". Universität Graz. Graz, Austria;
2023 - "Cities of Ukraine". Center of Austrian-Ukrainian cultural studies. Graz, Austria;
2022 - "RE: Warchitecture. The city at war". The Hague City Hall. Haague, Netherlands.