In my project “DOM (Document Object Model)” I refer to the concept of home. “Dom” means a house, home, a building or a household in the Russian language.
My project functions around the notions of how we feel, understand, and remember the home where we inhabit. Through my own personal experience and relationships with the place where I live, I create the images for the viewer. I would like to explore my own understanding of the photography not only as a medium, but also as an interaction between the space and the building that can be my home.
For my project I chose the particular type of the house, so-called “Khruschyovka”. They were built in Russia in the era of Khrushchev. After Stalin’s Empire they look like architectural degradation. But, in fact, Khruschyov was the first who realized the idea of mass housing construction. Now they are going to be demolished as they have served their time. Nobody admires them, just on the contrary – they arouse only censure of the architectural squalor and inconvenience of living conditions. But a lot of Russian people still live in these houses. I decided that they deserve to be the heroes of my project.
Julia Borissova
