CITY OF HOME Part II
An extract from the Artist Statement on City of Home
"...When I initially revisited Kiev in 2006 through the very first photographs of what is now the City of Home I was not looking for a clear definition of the place and the people but turned inwards, establishing the poetics as my reaction against the shallowness of its new commodity culture, while equally looking to express a sense of belonging and care. Gradually this process made me realise that the series is as much about Kiev as it is about a city - about man-made nature and its beauty and greatness...
...The work became a search for something more universal, a deeper meaning...I am questioning the limitations of what we know, looking for visual exit points to other possibilities, another dimension, another reality, another way of thinking..."
"...When I initially revisited Kiev in 2006 through the very first photographs of what is now the City of Home I was not looking for a clear definition of the place and the people but turned inwards, establishing the poetics as my reaction against the shallowness of its new commodity culture, while equally looking to express a sense of belonging and care. Gradually this process made me realise that the series is as much about Kiev as it is about a city - about man-made nature and its beauty and greatness...
...The work became a search for something more universal, a deeper meaning...I am questioning the limitations of what we know, looking for visual exit points to other possibilities, another dimension, another reality, another way of thinking..."
