An ongoing project.
Homeward is a visual diary composed of analog collages, made from my photographs of spaces I’ve inhabited — rooms I’ve lived in or simply passed through. These fragments of personal interiors became material for exploring the meaning of home — in its broadest, most intimate sense.
Each collage carries the presence of touch: hand-stitched lines, layers of fabric, textures that try to hold together what was once separate. Over time, the body entered these compositions — as another form of home. Always present, yet not always understood. Constant, yet still needing to be reclaimed.
I’ve lived outside of Ukraine for over a decade, and that distance continues to shape how I experience home — as something layered, shifting, and often internal. This project is an attempt to mend the torn, to gather self and space into a new kind of coherence. It traces a path from the tangible to the internal, from earthly pleasures to quiet spiritual presence. A movement toward acceptance — of my body, of my femininity, and of the ways in which they, too, are home.
Homeward is not only a place or a destination. It is a state of being — woven from memory, presence, and belonging. Sometimes, it’s a dot on a map. Often, it’s the body. Always, it’s a turning inward.
