Multimedia project
2005-2008
HOME OR NOT, 2005, screen-print, variable dimensions
HOME OR NOT, photo print with text, Variable dimensions
CITY, bw photograph
LEGAL LOVE [BLUE], 2006, photocopy, variable dimensions
HOMELESSNESS, 2005, photo print with text
MISSED BOUQUET, 2007, C print;
WINTER, 2000, bw photograph;
BIRD HOUSE, C print, 2007;
3X HOME, chocolatte letters, variable dimensions, 2007;
LOVE STORY, textile + objects, variable dimensions;
HOME/ SUMMER, 2002, C print.
PROOF OF LOFE 2002, bw photo print, variable dimensions.
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ABOUT THE WORK:
Home is both house and soil, the body that shelters and protects the soul. It is the mother’s womb and the planet upon which our lives unfold. Home is the place we leave behind when we journey elsewhere; and it can also be a place that exists only in memory and longing, sustained through dreams. It is at once a physical space and an inner landscape, shaped by belonging, loss, and imagination.
The artist’s personal experience of building a new life in a foreign country inspired the project. The work explores the process of proving a romantic relationship to immigration authorities in order to obtain a residence visa, drawing on the kinds of evidence commonly required: photographs documenting everyday life together and letters of support from friends and family, among other documentation.At the same time, the work discusses the struggle to find a house in the overpopulated city marked by a chronic housing shortage. By intertwining these experiences, the work reflects on the bureaucratic and emotional dimensions of migration, while questioning whether love alone can provide the security, shelter, and sense of belonging needed to make a place feel like home.
HOME OR NOT explores the meanings and representations of home and the concept of shelter related to love and relationship. It reflects on how we identify and become attached to places, buildings and objects and how this attachment contributes to our personal well-being and supports our identities.
The project interconnects an array of disciplines such as installation, photography, design, architecture, painting and video in order to investigate the intersection of migration, love and home in the women’s lives, while highlighting the dilemma: Where is home? What does home symbolize? Am I at home?