Turn your back to the forest and your front to me is a collaboration between Steph Patsula and Marco Guagnelli that explores the body as a vessel for identity, memory, and transformation. Inspired by the Slavic folktale of Baba Yaga, her walking hut becomes a metaphor for the body as a moving, protective structure shaped by experience.

Guagnelli uses his garments to build a temporary home in the gallery, reflecting on migration and the shifting sense of belonging. Patsula sonifies threadless sewing machines, transforming them into instruments stuck in a state of potential. Without thread, they highlight the fragility of borders and the instability of fixed roles.

Together, the work questions what it means to carry home within the body, and how identity is constantly rebuilt through movement and change.

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