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Searching for a Place to Belong

Greece / UK · 2022

Searching for a Place to Belong

Photography · Film · Installation

The Idea

The search for a place to belong is both literal and existential — the body seeks anchoring points in the landscape, questioning what it means to be native to a place.

Searching for a Place to Belong was developed during an EcoSuites Artist Residency at Tristinika Beach, Greece. The work explores place, belonging and the relationship between the body and the coastal landscape through photography, film and installation.

The Work

Searching for a Place to Belong SM, 2021 — Scotland, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong PG, 2022 — Tristinika Beach, Halkidiki, GreeceOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong PGG, 2022 — Tristinika Beach, Halkidiki, GreeceOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BG, 2022 — Tristinika Beach, Halkidiki, GreeceOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong C, 2021 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BT, 2024 — Sir Harold Hillier Garden, Romsey, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BTM, 2024 — Sir Harold Hillier Garden, Romsey, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong T (Invisible Woman), 2023 — Southampton, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong TT, 2023 — Teide National Park, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong G, 2022 — Horndean, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong SHI, 2023 — Hayling Island, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong CW, 2023 — Chichester, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong KFM, 2023 — Portsmouth, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong YH, 2023 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong UT, 2023 — Portsdown Hill, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong PGT, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BGSC, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong DPL, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BL, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BP, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong BT, 2023 — La Vista Residency, TenerifeOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong CH, 2023 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong ECH, 2023 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong DTE, 2023 — Petersfield, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong GE, 2023 — Hayling Island, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong CT, 2021 — Horndean, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong LT, 2020 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong TD, 2020 — Plymouth, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong PFC, 2023 — Chichester, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong RF, 2023 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong PFH, 2022 — Havant, UKOlana Light
Searching for a Place to Belong RFSP, 2024 — Havant, UKOlana Light

Materials

What the work is made of.

  • Pebbles
  • Bark
  • Natural materials

Place

The Greek coastal landscape became both studio and subject — the pebble-strewn shore and Mediterranean light shaping the work's exploration of belonging.

Recognition & Commission

Partners

  • EcoSuites
  • Little Forest Land Art

Awards

  • Little Forest 4th Plinth Open Competition Winner 2022

Credits

Created during the EcoSuites Artist Residency, Tristinika Beach, Greece.