Homesick
CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo, Venice, 2024
Homesick examines identity and belonging in the context of migration and displacement. Russkova‑Hasaya's installation transforms one space into an immersive environment built from hundreds of cardboard boxes, evoking the act of packing memory and identity into transit.
A three‑channel video portrait of the artist’s grandmother, recorded in three languages, layers personal and collective histories of migration across generations. Accompanying this is a public neon work in Georgian, referencing the artist’s experience of being denied Georgian citizenship, raising questions about language as a marker of identity and belonging.
Together, these works consider "home" not as a fixed location 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. Russkova‑Hasaya's installation transforms one space into an immersive environment built from hundreds of cardboard boxes, evoking the act of packing memory and identity into transit.
A three‑channel video portrait of the artist’s grandmother, recorded in three languages, layers personal and collective histories of migration across generations. Accompanying this is a public neon work in Georgian, referencing the artist’s experience of being denied Georgian citizenship, raising questions about language as a marker of identity and belonging.
Together, these works consider "home" not as a fixed location but as an evolving narrative shaped by movement, memory, and the intimacy of family.
