I travel in my sleep

ongoing

I travel in my sleep - the ongoing series of sleeping places I have as a forced emigrant since the full-scale war started in Ukraine in 2022.
This project starts on the second night after the russian invasion in Ukraine in the basement of Kyiv’s hospital morgue. Here begins my forced journey to find a safe place to sleep. I photograph beds in homes, towns and countries shared with me by people I meet on this unplanned route. After a year away, I was fortunate to return to my bed in Ukraine. But after the first night, I realized I couldn’t sleep there. Constant shellings and drone attacks turned my bed—once a sanctuary—into a place of fear and insecurity. My sense of home had vanished. 
Earlier, in peaceful life, sleeping places during travels did not carry much meaning: hotels, hostels, guesthouses, and sofas in friends' homes were just a stopover to rest between new experiences and impressions. Now, the bed has taken on the symbolic meaning of a "safety island," and sharing a place to sleep with a stranger has become a profound gesture of compassion and kindness, extended to me by people of different nationalities, ages, and social backgrounds.
The series is ongoing.
Kyiv morgue basement. Ukraine,
February  2022

Kid’s room. Rivne. Ukraine,

February 2022

Kid’s room, Sofia, Bulgaria

June 2022

Living room, Sofia. Bulgaria,

March 2022

Art studio and living room, Bansko, Bulgaria

March  2022

Bedroom, Bansko, Bulgaria

March  2022

Living room, Bansko, Bulgaria

May 2022

Bedroom, Stockholm, Sweden

April 2022

Living room, Fårö Island, Sweden

April 2022

Guest room, Simrishamn, Sweden

November 2022

Sleeping room, Copenhagen, Danemark

December 2022

Guest room, Simrishamn, Sweden

November 2022

Sleeping room, Copenhagen, Danemark

December 2022

Art gallery, Horst, Netherlands

April 2023

Kid’s room, Sofia, Bulgaria

June 2022

Sleeping room, Venice, Italy

June 2023

Hostel room, Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 2023

Hostel room, Kavala, Greece

March 2023

Cabin, the Baltic Sea
September 2024

Art gallery storage room, Horst, Netherlands

April 2023

Hostel room, Amsterdam, Netherlands

April 2023

Artist residency room, Riga, Latvia

December 2023

Artist residency room, Tbilisi, Georgia

June 2024

Bedroom, Paris, France

April 2024

Artist residency room, Gothenburg, Sweden

August 2024

Metro, Kyiv, Ukraine

August 2025

Sleeping room, Yuzhnoukrainsk, Ukraine

May 2023

Bedroom, Paris, France

December 2025

Bedroom, Thasos, Greece

September 2025

Hotel room, New York, USA

January 2026

Hotel room, Savannah, USA

January 2026

Bedroom, Spring Lake, USA

January 2026

Hotel room, Washington, USA

February 2026

Living room, Alexandria, USA

February 2026

Hotel room, Wilmington, USA

January 2026

Artist’s studio, Strasbourg, France

May 2026

Artist residency room, Berlin, Germany

May 2026

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