This installation is dedicated to the story of the Crimean Tatar people discovering their authentic experience after years of deportation. It is about returning to their land, home, and routine, which have become one of their greatest values.
Culture is a resistance to oblivion, and the reproduction of traditional artistic practices is the root of its resilience. Textures, colors, embroidery, textiles, ceramics, patterns, and ornaments reflect these values. The shades and shapes on the table guide understanding the lifestyle of the Crimean Tatar people: honest, courageous, fair, and imbued with symbolism.
The installation uses traditional plates, cups, spoons, sugar tongs and hazelnut tongs, a cezve, a tobacco pipe, a kerosene lamp with Crimean Tatar ornamentation Ornek and carpets. However, the most important exhibits are the memories and dreams of a calm domestic routine seized by the Soviet government and continues to be seized by modern Russia. It is impossible to live without fearing being deprived of this again.
The decades of deportation of Crimean Tatars were filled with pain, moral suffering, and a long struggle to defend their just desire to be at home and to reclaim their heritage. They yearned for their own everyday life, something precious, authentic, and hard-won.