Here and There

The project explores the connection between the twin cities of Lille and Kharkiv through their urban fabrics. It focuses on the patterns of streets, intersections, and routes that shape the daily movement of citizens but are rarely perceived as a language of intercity interaction.

Each work originates from a specific location: a building featuring a mural on its facade. This location was mapped, and the surrounding street layout was analyzed and transformed into an abstract visual element. For each layout, a structurally similar configuration was identified in the twin city.

In this way, each mural bridges two real points — one in Lille and one in Kharkiv. The colored fragment always corresponds to the city where the viewer is located, while the black-and-white fragment represents the other city. A person standing before the mural is effectively positioned within this scheme, as it is constructed based on the actual physical space surrounding them.

The project proposes viewing the bond between these cities not as a formal brotherhood, but as a quiet, constant presence of one within the structure of the other's urban life. Eschewing symbols or direct illustrations of events, it speaks through the simple language of space, operating in the here and now.