Alina Kisina is a Ukrainian photographer living in London who regularly returns to her homeland to take pictures that bring out the spirituality of its mundane objects and scenes.

For the exhibition at Light House, Kisina will produce a selection of new images during a series of trips to Kiev to contribute to the ongoing work.

City of Home might, at first glance, seem merely aimed at capturing the daily life of her hometown of Kiev, Ukraine, yet Kisina’s photographs are strangely evocative. She admits she originally wanted them to be documentary impressions, but she found herself compelled to create a series of half abstract, half representational photographs that conflate Kiev’s cityscapes and interiors. Kisina’s images become a dialectical and lyrical space questioning the changing state of both personal and cultural values in Ukraine.

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Alina Kisina in conversation with John Blakemore

Friday 23 November, 7pm

Coventry-born photographer and teacher, and supporter of Kisina’s work, John Blakemore, is in conversation with Alina.

Tickets for the talk are £5 and can be booked through Box Office by calling 01902 716055.