Kharkiv · art · mental health
Space for attention and contemporary culture
NGO Symbol is an independent Ukrainian non-profit founded in Kharkiv in 2023. We make exhibitions, documentary film, playback theatre and mental health programmes — from Kharkiv to Zakarpattia and abroad.
Projects
What we have done
Project titles are in English; the full project texts are being translated.
- 2026–2027The Story of My StreetPlaques with QR codes on Kharkiv streets and a page for every street: the stories the city tells about itself.
- 2026Voices in MotionPlayback theatre in Zakarpattia: real people’s stories, played back here and now.
- 2026Kharkiv Sea 2026The 2026 festival of local culture. A partner project organised by the NGO Platform of Theatre Initiatives.
- 2026Those Who Have Seen the WorldA photo exhibition by Petro Chekal and Yurii Rassokha at the Festival of Ukrainian Books in Milan.
- 2025May I See Your Documents?..An exhibition about the document as an artistic phenomenon: 20 artists at YermilovCentre.
- 2025mhGAP Trainings in Kyiv RegionTraining primary care workers in the WHO mental health programme.
- 2025Stories of Different PeopleA playback performance in which actors played back the audience’s own stories.
- 2024Kharkiv Sea 2024An independent multidisciplinary festival of local culture. Symbol is a partner of the festival.
- 20242, 10, 300 Years LaterAn open-air exhibition of works by artists from eastern Ukraine.
- 2023The Lily of the Valley CollectorA documentary about Oleksandr Suprun, a photographer of the Kharkiv School of Photography.