The organizers of Forum prepared a packed itinerary for participants. Along with discussion panels and presentations of innovative projects within Forum everyone can enjoy photo-exhibition by Vitaly & Elena Vasilyevu.
Vitaliy and Elena Vasylyevu is a family and creative duo of photographers working in conceptual nu genre in Ukraine and Germany.
Photos by Vasylyevu were published by such prominent European publications as Stern, Max, Vogue, Rush, Senze and Spiegel, and their exhibitions are regularly held in Europe and USA.
In March this year the auction house «Phillips» in its New York office sold triptych «ICE» by Vasilyevu for $ 106,900, although it estimated cost was $ 25 000 - 30 000.
"ICE" (2011) – is triptych of 1.5 m height from the limited series of 5 unique prints, that are decorated with light aluminum panels and printed on duratrans film.
Selling their triptych Vitaliy and Elena Vasilyevu beat its own record of the February same year at the auction «Phillips» in London. The work entitled «Neo» (2012) was sold for $ 63,400 when its upper estimate was $ 38,700.
«ICE» and «Neo» works are not only the most successful sales by Vasilyevu at the moment, but also the most expensive Ukrainian photographs.