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Nowhere to Go but Anywhere

Migration Museum, London 2024
Roles: Artist, Creative Director, Creative Ops, Production
Composer, sound design: J. C. Wright
Projection mapping:  Max Burstyn
Art assistant: Alberto Fossati
Choreography: Kirill Burlov, Yulyua Krylova
Performers and musicians:
Michelle Moran, Yuliya V Krylova, Berfin Aksu, Kirill Burlov, Paulo Dias Duarte, Chris Williams, Søren Jensen, J. C. Wright

“Nowhere to Go but Anywhere” was a deeply immersive solo exhibition exploring themes of displacement, identity, and belonging. As the Creative Director and lead artist, I not only developed the concept and produced the artwork but also orchestrated a complex multimedia experience. The exhibition featured projection mapping, interactive installations, and live performances, blending visual art, sound, and storytelling.

I led a talented team of 17, collaborating with artists, musicians, performers, and museum professionals. From creative operations to the production and installation process, I oversaw every detail. This included liaising with the museum, managing timelines, and ensuring the seamless integration of various technical and creative components.

Securing an Arts Council England grant, I managed the budget, developed the project schedule, and produced the final evaluation report. I also designed the exhibition’s visual identity, from posters and promotional materials to books to digital assets, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints. Working alongside the museum’s marketing team, I ran my own independent promotional campaign to bring the show to a wider audience.

This exhibition was a culmination of my passion for combining art and narrative in a way that invites active engagement, making it my most ambitious project to date.

 

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I worked closely with J. C. Wright and Clear Light Sound team to create immersive spatial soundscape based on multilungual interviews with people with lived experience of migration.
Choreography: Kirill Burlov
Video: Umberto Rozzo

Visual identity, posters and digital marketing materilas

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Limited edition artist book

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One of the components of the project was a 48-page artist book, created with a little help from friends and strangers who offered insights into what home is for them. This book draws inspiration from my sketchbooks, comprising drawings, printmaking experiments, photographs, and documents from the artist's family archives. It also incorporates ephemera such as letters, newspaper clippings, and train tickets that I have amassed from the various locations where she has resided and journeyed over the years. The book was also is released as a limited edition book, which is for sale in the Migration Museum and in the online shop.

Contribution by the audience

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Finally, there's a participatory piece - a wall inviting people to leave their notes and reflections on what Home is. There were over 650 notes left on the wall during the exhibition, 200 of them were inlcuded in a book with a final collective narrative.

Merchandise

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All works © 2011-2024 Anastasia Beltyukova