Stanislava Ovchinnikova: The Home Will Come Again

The Home Will Come Again is Stanislava Ovchinnikova’s (b. 2001, Kyiv) interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between the individual, space, and time. Using her personal experience of exile as a catalyst, Ovchinnikova employs the photographic medium to create an amalgamation of reality and illusion.

In her hallucination-like film photography, Ovchinnikova disrupts the fabric of conventional reality. Past and present merge, eroding and reshaping the ontological boundaries that confront the camera’s lens. Observing the inherent limitations and imperfections of photographic film and point-and-shoot cameras, the artist chooses to rely on them, allowing the material to become an equal collaborator and recognising its voice.

The photographic series engages in a dialogue with a textual counterpart, probing an array of labels and identities associated with an individual’s relationship to a shared space. By placing them on a single surface, Ovchinnikova speculates on the manifold meanings, privileges, and divergent perspectives that envelop these descriptive markers.

The Home Will Come Again invites viewers to engage with the enigmatic landscape that lies at the intersection of consciousness, temporality, and spatial dynamics.