Memory Enforcement
Video Installation
This summer I met a stranger. During a three-hour conversation with Ana on the bus on the way to Tbilisi, I realized that being people of the same generation, and having many common interests, we are separated by belonging to the same historical event - the war.
As children, we lived on opposite sides of the demarcation line.
I am a citizen of the aggressor country, and my desire to know the truth has always collided with the propaganda narrative I grew up with. With this project, I wanted to break the narrative of the “Peace Enforcement Operation” that Russian authorities and media created in 2008.
Guided by Ana’s words I went to Gori and other places where Ana personally experienced the war, trying to enforce myself to memory and empathy. Or at least approach closer to the truth.
As children, we lived on opposite sides of the demarcation line.
I am a citizen of the aggressor country, and my desire to know the truth has always collided with the propaganda narrative I grew up with. With this project, I wanted to break the narrative of the “Peace Enforcement Operation” that Russian authorities and media created in 2008.
Guided by Ana’s words I went to Gori and other places where Ana personally experienced the war, trying to enforce myself to memory and empathy. Or at least approach closer to the truth.