HOME-LESS - Agata

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HOME-LESS - Agata

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Medium: Archival inkjet print

Size: 120 x 180 cm

Year: 2017

Home-Less, Agata, Anapa.


I will lay on this grass

I will swim in those waters

I will sleep on this bed

I have never been here before

But my body will make it my home


My home is imprinted in me:

In my eyes, I keep the forest where I played as a kid,

In my fingers—my favorite corner of the street,

In my thighs—the softness of my mother’s bed.


—What’s left when the home is lost?

—Me.


On the seashore, in the juniper grove, picking thyme on the hillside—Agata seemed to wake up from the melancholy dream of the big city when we arrived in her hometown, Anapa, in the south of Russia. She was one with the shadows of the trees that grew all around, lining every street. Living in Ukraine with her husband, she had lost not just a physical connection but also an emotional bond with the place that was once sacred.

Home-Less visually explores the instability of the human condition and perception, examining the complexities of identity, belonging, and the lasting impact of political events. Initially conceived between 2017 and 2020, the project focuses on the stories of young women who have since been displaced from their native lands. Shot in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus before the full-scale invasion, Home-Less intertwines powerful nostalgic imagery with reflections on the intricate relationship between place and identity. Over time, it has evolved into an exploration not only of the bond between individuals and their homelands but also of the loss of that connection—the inability to experience the feelings associated with “home.”