Project "Anamnesis"

This project explores the fragility of memories and the irreversibility of changes brought about by emigration. Four years away from home force a re-evaluation of how the past gradually recedes, becoming merely an echo in our memory. Connections with loved ones weaken, familiar places lose their clarity, and some things can no longer be imagined as they once were.
The anchors of the past are photographs of ordinary objects and places that once formed the fabric of daily life before emigration: the rough texture of a bus stop near home, the elegant curves of a beloved grandmother's tea set, the worn edges of children's toys, or the lushness of a flourishing garden tended for many years. These seemingly insignificant details, like intangible bricks, subtly but firmly build the foundation of all previous life.
Ice here acts as an ambivalent symbol: it can preserve and encapsulate a moment, yet it is also fragile and impermanent, highlighting the vulnerability of memory itself. Freezing is also an act of processing and transformation—memories don't disappear without a trace but acquire a new, altered form, becoming part of something different.