Home without walls — Basic Grid copy

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07 I am the one who is in control
06 Toughest Love
05 Soft armour
04 Wishlist
03 Cover works
02 Home without walls
01 Many arms that cannot reach

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Home without Walls

2023

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Exhibitions
Finals 23
Gallerie Krinzinger, Vienna

Photos: Verena Tscherner

home without walls an overture to the linearity of symbols and their creation, as well as the chaos behind that ornamentalism. The symbols serve as tools of information – they can be extracted from their context, merged, and reinterpreted in various ways.
The work is based on the cultural genocide in Nakhidjevan - exclave of Azerbaijan, that was for centuries populated by various ethnicities including Armenians: but in the course of the last 20-30 years any trace of Armenian presence has been cleared out in order to rewrite history. The town of Agulis — an ancient Armenian cultural center, is the geographic reference for this work, with a focus on St. Tovma – 14th century monastery, one of the eight (originally twelve) churches of Agulis and 108 Armenian sites altogether in Nakhidjevan, that have been razed to the ground.

home without walls conveys this episode using the traditional rug symbols. The rug is an object that gives any space a feeling of home and safety. Beyond that it is a magic protector from evil spirits, curses and is a historical manuscript. Its beautiful and abstract symbols sometimes relate to stories of darkness, sorrow and suppression. In case of this work, the rugs are communicating the erased past of an entire community.

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