Behind is a project about my homesickness. I left Poland 6 years ago, and during my visits there I have been constantly portraying my short stays in homeland. I wanted to capture everything that sits in my memory. The project includes work that recorded many different emotions, like longing for belonging, realising at the same time, that there is no return, that even if the home is still the same, the changes are in me. The project includes 6 photographs and one video piece. All photographs are almost like still images from one’s memory – someone’s back, sofa pattern, moments… When finishing the series my homesickness transformed into nostalgia. Realising that I’m not longing for the place or people but for the time that passed, after 4 years of working on this subject I could leave it behind. (2017)
Titles
The Moment of Hanging a Cloth to Dry
The Moment of a Place I Left Behind
The Moment of Light Reflecting on Plastic When Walls Are Painted
The Moment of Sorting Out Branches from A Cut Pear Tree
The Moment of Parking a Bike on The Supermarket’s Wall
The Moment of Sofa Absorbing Shadows
