Homesick
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice, April 2024
Homesick examines identity and belonging in the context of migration and displacement. Lidia’s installation transforms a single space into an immersive environment built from hundreds of cardboard boxes, evoking the act of packing memories and identity, always ready to be transported.
A three-channel video of the artist’s grandmother—recorded in three languages—layers personal and collective histories of migration across generations. An accompanying public neon work in Georgian references Lidia’s own experience of being denied Georgian citizenship, raising questions about language as a marker of identity and belonging.
Together, these works propose “home” not as a fixed place, but as an evolving narrative shaped by movement, memory, and the intimacy of family.
Homesick examines identity and belonging in the context of migration and displacement. Lidia’s installation transforms a single space into an immersive environment built from hundreds of cardboard boxes, evoking the act of packing memories and identity, always ready to be transported.
A three-channel video of the artist’s grandmother—recorded in three languages—layers personal and collective histories of migration across generations. An accompanying public neon work in Georgian references Lidia’s own experience of being denied Georgian citizenship, raising questions about language as a marker of identity and belonging.
Together, these works propose “home” not as a fixed place, but as an evolving narrative shaped by movement, memory, and the intimacy of family.
