Lili and Amiran fled the war in 1991 and found a home in an abandoned hospital building in Tbilisi. They paid 40 euros to stay there for a couple of nights. 30 years later this is still their home.
This project explores what it means to live as a displaced person for 30 years and what it means to hope every day to return home, what it means to create a home in a hospital room where somebody died.
I know this hospital well, my relatives live there. I have been visiting it since childhood. I have always been fascinated by the human ability to move on, adapt, keep going. With this series, I try to understand the relationship between past and present, where they are in harmony and where they push against each other.
about the artist
Mano Svanidze (b. 1992) is a Georgian artist and visual storyteller based in Brussels. She is a member of Women Photograph and Diversify Photo communities. Her work has been exhibited and published worldwide.
