Size: 1920x1080 px
Length: 10:43
Composer: J. C. Wright
Sound design: J. C. Wright, Marcus Locock
Recording engineer: Marcus Locock
Photos, footage and audio courtesy:
Artist’s family archives
Alberto Baos Fossati
Nataliia Beltyukova Loribo
“The Human face Of Russia’, 1984 documentary,
National film and sound archive of Australia
‘Sounds of India’ by Vladislav Lyaschouk
This video is an adaptation of Anastasia's video installation "Nowhere to Go But Anywhwre" to screen. "Nowhere to go but anywhere" presents an immersive journey through the artist’s sketchbooks, encompassing drawings, collages, writing, found materials, printmaking experiments, animations, film, and photography.
"Home," a universal yet deeply personal concept, serves as the exhibition's thematic compass. Originating in 2019, the theme underwent a profound evolution, spurred by the forced limbo of the pandemic in 2020 and the tumultuous years that followed, with violent conflicts erupting across the globe that led to a collective feeling of the world, and all previous concepts of ‘home’, falling apart. This evolution scrutinises 'home' as both a sanctuary and a politicised, confining space, capturing the feeling of being a stranger everywhere and having to build one’s own ground anew, time and time again.
Initially the installation took the form of a suspended fabric house with an experimental video projection. The video work involves a variety of different techniques and sources, such as sketches, drawings, characters adapted from the artist's paintings and archival materials like old notes and newspaper fragments related to the artist’s personal history, thus providing an immersive insight into her internal world while also presenting the viewers with a universally relatable narrative around ‘home’. The spatial soundscape created by J.C. Wright weaves together multilingual voices from diverse London communities, exploring their interpretations of ‘home.’ Drawing inspiration from childhood games and protective rituals found in folklore, the house becomes a transformative space allowing the viewer to step inside and explore what comes up.
This is a 16x9 interpretation of the installation for a flat screen.
