An ongoing project.
Homeward is a visual diary composed of analog collages, made from photographs of spaces I’ve inhabited, landscapes and portraits that hold special meanings for me. These fragments became material for exploring the meaning of home in its broadest, most intimate sense.
Each collage carries the presence of touch: hand-stitched lines, embroidery, layers of fabric, stickers, writing, and painting with various tools. These tactile, experimental methods try to hold together what was once separate. I incorporate multiple languages — Ukrainian, English, Italian, Estonian, Chinese, Punjabi — to emphasize that home is not confined to a single country or spoken tongue.
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 what feels fragmented, to weave together self and space into a new sense of coherence.
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.
