the machine of homecoming
A series of works which describe in an allegorical way the returm of a displaced human to hiws homeland where his family is waiting for him.it is an archetype that spreads its symbolism in the cases of a refugee,of amissing person ,of aprisoner of war of aprodigal son. the poem of the greek poet Seferis was the spark that created these images that were presented in an installation with the title "the machine of Homecoming"
The Return of the Exile - George Seferis
September 2 2021 · poems george-seferis hellenic
George Seferis. Athens, 1938
“My old friend, what are you looking for?
After years abroad you’ve come back
with images nourished
under foreign skies
far from your own country.
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