Teo Georgiev, Assembly Plant, 2022
Teo Georgiev (b.1992) is a Bulgarian illustrator, designer and artist based in Helsinki. He is currently pursuing an MA in Visual Narrative at Aalto University, where he explores the intersection of comics and migration studies. His interest lies in Balkan history, migration trends and how feelings of belonging are being communicated and explored through visual means.
A specimen-style diagram on flower assemblage in preparation for ‘rooting’ delves into the topics of how to re-assemble oneself to set roots somewhere. Do we change ourselves and re-assemble our features to be allowed to remain in the garden, or do we tend a small corner in a garden of our own? Often ‘belonging’ is a concept that exists within change. We can belong to many contradictory concepts, not necessarily following a specific blueprint.
Perhaps what makes me who I am is not only the things I have now but also the things I have lost or I long for.
READPlaces
What if nothing doesn’t actually ever get ruined? Or at least not that bad. Maybe it just finished completely different than you thought.
READMitäpä jos (What if)
A specimen-style diagram on flower assemblage in preparation for ‘rooting’ delves into the topics of how to re-assemble oneself to set roots somewhere. Do we change ourselves and re-assemble our features to be allowed to remain in the garden, or do we tend a small corner in a garden of our own? Often ‘belonging’ is a concept that exists within change. We can belong to many contradictory concepts, not necessarily following a specific blueprint.
READAssembly Plant, 2022
The Finding of Hän is an original puppet theater production that explores the inherent duality of human nature and imagines the lifespan of an ancient object. Themes and characters are drawn from coastal cultures and stories from around the world.
READThe Finding of Hän
