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No(n) Place Like Home

During the quarantine, I observed how our constant confinement at home forced us to adapt all our social and professional interactions to this new setting, causing a temporary loss of connection with the outside world. In a similar way, our physical movements, just like our mental actions, lost their variety and depth. Many of the daily routines and activities that we used to engage in within the city were completely excluded from our lives.
In my work, the camera captures and highlights the view and the space, focusing on the inner frame that represents the boundaries of my personal space. It acts as the observer's eye, witnessing the limitations imposed on both the body and the mind.
Through my video performance, I aimed to visually depict these constraints on the body and mind directly. I wanted to showcase the experience of being confined to a limited architectural space from a human perspective, and how our bodies and minds respond to such limitations. The blankness and whiteness of the background can be interpreted as symbols of the loss of identity experienced by various places.
The disruption in our relationship with the outside world has caused our familiar spaces to lose their contextual significance. The everyday actions and interactions that connect us with people, places, and the city have been temporarily removed from the equation. Home is no longer just home, yet it does not entirely replace other physical locations either. During this quarantine period, our mental and physical actions have been confined within the boundaries of digital and physical squares.
No(n) Place Like Home
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No(n) Place Like Home

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