Iryna Kostyuk's 'You Are Here' Project to Debut at Liquida Photofestival

Photographer Iryna Kostyuk will present her project 'You Are Here' at the Liquida Photofestival. The work explores memory as fragmented and elusive, focusing on a traumatic past experience through a child's perspective. Kostyuk avoids explicit representation, instead using absence and tension to convey emotion without fetishizing trauma. Her photographs serve as a therapeutic tool, processing emotional traces rather than documenting events. The title 'You Are Here' anchors the project in the present, suggesting trauma is a passage, not a boundary. This approach creates a space where pain can be acknowledged without exhibition, transforming it into awareness. The project balances memory and liberation through subtle, non-narrative imagery.