Exposition

HOME (last edited: 2025)

Vera Boitcova
open exposition

About this exposition

HOME is part of Vera Boitcova’s ongoing doctoral artistic research that explores the notions of home and belonging within queer migrant dramaturgies. Expanding this inquiry, Boitcova brought together four queer migrant artists currently based in Helsinki to reflect on themes of displacement, absence/presence, and the complex meanings of belonging. The project consisted of four workshops designed by Boitcova to methodologically experiment with the languages of queer migrant dramaturgy. These workshops aimed to create a space for collaborative experimentation and exploration, where participants could test how personal practices and lived experiences might be translated into shared, performative forms. The sessions also facilitated the discussion of artistic methods and ideas related to home and belonging among fellow queer migrant artists in Finland. The participating artists were selected through an open call posted by Boitcova in March 2025, with selection criteria emphasizing the specific focus of the project (exclusively for queer migrant artists) as well as the artistic merit of the applicants. The outcome of the workshop series was the creation of five individual, site-specific, performance-based works presented on Suomenlinna Island in and around HIAP Gallery in June 2025. Each piece responded not only to the physical and symbolic context of the island but also acted as a form of cultural translation, transforming personal and collective experiences of displacement, identity, and belonging into performative language. The second outcome was participation in a group exhibition at the same gallery titled Unfolding Island Ecologies, which featured video documentation from the creative processes behind each artist’s work. This exposition presents materials created and collected during the workshops leading up to creation of the performances. It documents the ongoing effort to develop a performative language capable of expressing queer migrant narratives centered around the concept of home. It attempts to capture dramaturgical methodologies-in-progress and the process of translation of personal artistic practices into shared experiences. The exposition is structured into five sections: brainstorming exercises, workshop designs, artistic tasks, writing prompts, and reflective texts. Each section was designed to highlight different methodological aspects of the process and to offer multiple perspectives on this exploration.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsqueer, Dramaturgy, performance, migration, home, belonging, Otherness, methodology
date19/05/2025
last modified28/05/2025
statusin progress
share statuspublic
affiliationUniversity of the Arts Helsinki
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseCC BY-NC-ND
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3687712/3687713


Copyrights

nameUntitled-1
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameUntitled-1
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesbackground
nameisland1
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameisland door
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameconcepts
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
namequeer home
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250427_114355
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_113926
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_131204
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_131213
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_131221
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_131239
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250413_131248
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name1000012117
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name1000012120
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameTask 1: VERA
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
nameTASK3
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameTASK 2
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
nameIMG_3210
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameIMG_3211
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250504_142416
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250504_141649
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250504_143353
copyrightVera Boitcova
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
nameIMG_3068
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameIMG_3078
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
namequeer migrant home ~ workshop #1 ~ 24th april 2025
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
nametask 1 commentary
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesaudio
name-5106343742407553847
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250427_155242
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250427_155338
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250427_155420
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250427_131214
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250504_154539
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name945B10DE-B91E-47FC-BF05-C786FC273A86
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
namesuomenlinna niko
copyrightniko wearden
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesaudio
nameFilm fra 13.04.2025 kl. 14.53
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameFilm fra 13.04.2025 kl. 14.54
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250413_155309
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250413_155433
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250413_155302
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250504_160227
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250504_145553
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250504_150425
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250504_145008
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250504_155839
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
namePK5A7262
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250504_145710
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameRocks
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nametask 2 and 3
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
nameB580D53D-CE8C-4597-86CF-F2C0ABBD69B7
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250511_161304
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameObject presentation
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
nameTASK 4+5
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
namePants
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
namePersonas
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespdf
name20250511_150120
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250511_150131
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250511_150136
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagespicture
name20250511_145542
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
namevideo_2025-05-21_22-04-22
copyrightgeorge rallis
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nametask 2
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nameFilm fra 27.04.2025 kl. 12.37
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
nametask3
copyrightleik silvestrini
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo
name20250511_161109
copyrightgabriella presnal
licenseAll rights reserved
usagesvideo

Comments are only available for registered users.