Born in the late USSR, I experienced the rise of nationalism, becoming a “stranger” in my own birthplace.

My identity evolved into a paradox: an “occupier” in Moldova and a “migrant” in Russia.

This personal trajectory reflects a global crisis where millions are denied rights due to the “biological lottery” of birth, while robots receive citizenship and individuals fragment into digital profiles.
As corporations replace failing state functions, the social contract has dissolved.

In the project @living_well_ it’s much appreciated, through artistic reflection on each of my “homelands,” I sought to understand and gently influence the way I perceive the places that shaped me at different moments in life. Through artistic research, I tried to trace possible counter-paths and new scenarios of transformation not only for myself, but also for the viewer.

Because each of us, every day, must decide which step to take next, and in which direction our life will unfold.

2018

“@living_well_ it’s much appreciated”, Hosek Contemporary, Berlin (DE)

Special thanks to:

Linda Toivio Pert Hosek

Anna Hakobyan