The photographer and multidisciplinary artist Sasha Velichko, International guest of the 4th edition of ValenciaPhoto, Star in a conversation with the festival co -founder Nicolás Llorens, in Canada Blanch Foundation. On the occasion of your visit for the inauguration of your project exhibition State of Denial In the public library of Valencia Pilar Faus, The Foundation welcomes this interview in the framework of the festival programming.
The work of Sasha Velichko Combine photography, installation and new media, And it stands out for a contemporary approach that incorporates artificial intelligence and calls into question the limits of the image in the 21st century. To his 32 years, His work his work has been internationally in countries like Singapore, France or Warsaw, And it has been recognized with prizes such as the Jury Grand Prix in Les Boutographies (2025) o La Becade Gaude Poland of Ministerio de Cultura de Poland (2023).
As exile policy of Belarusian, His practice explores propaganda, Postatality, manipulations and trauma both collective and personal. In State of Denial Velichko addresses diffuse borders between reality and propaganda in authoritarian regimes. Through a combination of photography, staging recreations and images generated by the based on real holders, The work questions the reliability of visual narratives and challenges the perception of truth.
The interview conducted by the co -founder of ValenciaPhoto International Festival of Photography and Debate draws a tour of the artist's trajectory to deepen the validity of her critical gaze. The conversation will take place in English, and will have simultaneous translation.
