Online presentation of the book "The Salt of My Earth" by Oleksandra Klod
3 August 2026, 5:00 PM
Online
IZOLYATSIA Foundation invites you to the online presentation of the book "The Salt of My Earth", a participatory photography project by Oleksandra Klod created with women from the Soledar community.
"The Salt of My Earth" is a project about memory, home, and the experience of forced displacement. From January to May 2026, photographer and psychologist Oleksandra Klod, who is originally from Donetsk, conducted a series of photo workshops with women who were forced to leave the Soledar community because of the Russian invasion. The participants worked with disposable film cameras, taking self-portraits and photographing loved ones, places, and objects that evoke home and give a sense of support. For some of the participants, these photographs became a way to restore a connection with their own history — especially for those who lost family archives during evacuation.
The book brings together photographs, autobiographical testimonies, and the participants' reflections on home, displacement, family ties, and life after the loss of home, becoming part of the shared memory of Donbas and Ukraine.
The presentation is held within the capacity-building and networking programme for local cultural actors "Room for Heritage".
Programme
- Presentation of the "Room for Heritage" programme
- A word on the methodology of the residency programme
- Presentation by Oleksandra Klod
- Reflections from the participants
- Q&A and closing remarks
Project author
Oleksandra Klod
Project curator
Lusia Nychai
Project manager
Natalia Tyshchuk
The capacity-building and networking programme for local cultural actors, Room for Heritage, is supported by the Partnership Fund for a Resilient Ukraine (PFRU), funded by the governments of the United Kingdom, Estonia, Canada, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden. PFRU's objective is to strengthen Ukraine's resilience in the face of Russian aggression by delivering essential support to local communities in collaboration with the Ukrainian government, civil society, media, and the private sector.