homesickness
video installation
1 hour 13 minutes
concept
in the process of digitization materiality is lost, and in the process of physical and emotional separation the connection with the place where I come from. the inability to get home and return to those forever gone times forces me to take a digital walk in my yard in an attempt to bring myself closer to the material world of my home where I don’t live anymore and probably will never be. the real sounds of my hometown are accompanied by virtual actions, and a long walk on yandex.maps turns into an emotional placebo.
the installation contains two layers: a technical schematic layer that is expressed through yandex.maps and copies of objects from home, and a personal layer — through recorded conversation with a family member, the noises of train stations and sounds of the city itself. the interaction between two layers provides space for discussion about the changing phenomenon of nostalgia in the digital age.
artwork
an hour-long video screencast in which i “walk” around my house using panoramas in yandex.maps. this ritual is accompanied by various audio tracks that I recorded on zoom h6 during my last trip home. voices and noises, flowing into each other, create a voluminous soundscape.
display
white empty room, in the center there is a white table on which plaster copies of objects that I associate with my home are placed. the artwork is projected onto the table, the sound comes from the wireless headphones.
curated by mascha danzis
hse art and design school
saint petersburg, 2023
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