Author: Sayyara (Page 4 of 5)

The theme for Week 4 of My Home is a Museum project is “Secrets from Childhood”. This topic is in line with some of the controversial thoughts of our modern world, specifically those concerning the origin of Covid 19. Some theories assert it as a biological weapon, others refer to it as a result of political collisions there are also people believing that it is a sign of an alien invasion. As the society is still debating over the genuine emerge of this virus, we can look at this situation from a different perspective. Namely, let’s use the aspect of mystery as a point of departure to think about our childhood secrets. As always we will need to find an object/s in our living environments which can tell the unveil those secrets. This prompt was kindly offered by Olga Seleznyova who responded to the theme of Week 3. 

How to respond?

• Choose an object what fits the theme
• Take 1-3 pictures of the object
• How does the object exemplify what matters to you?
• What experience in your life made this object matter to you?

Please include the answers to the following information when submitting your entry:

• What it your name?
• Where do you live?
• What do you do?

P.S. Please note that by submitting your response for this project you give permission to share it later on the blog.

The theme for week 3 was “Masks”. I was excited about this theme as it refers to one of the most common items in our daily lives during these tumultuous times. 

I am pleased to share a thrilling response to the aforementioned prompt below.

Olga Seleznyova
Baku,Azerbaijan
Artist Manager at Faig Ahmed Studio

“This mask was made by my grandfather in the early 80s. In addition to the talent for creating beautiful things from wood and plaster, grandpa has a talent for finding beautiful things on the street. He still brings some little treasures from the Boulevard and stores them carefully. One of these windfalls was a brooch that completed the look of this wooden mask.

A wooden mask with a brooch on the forehead.

When I was a little girl, I thought it was the Snow Queen and she comes alive at night. The fears in my childish conscious were strengthened on the day grandpa showed me the secret of this mask. If you turn the mask over, you will see special stands for small candles. At night, under the cover of darkness and the action of the magical flickering light of candles, she revived. I never slept in that room again 🙂 “
What a story! Do you also have mysterious found objects in your homes? Share your finds in the comment section.

As we are entering into the third week of My Home is a Museum, it is time to announce the new theme. For week 3 our theme will be “Masks”. According to the author of the idea, people can share with any kind of mask from artistic to the medical ones since we all have to wear face coverings right now.
The new prompt was proposed by Abigail Lynn, who suggested it when she submitted her response to the prompt of Week 2. Let me remind that everyone who sends a submission has a chance to propose a theme. Those themes will be communicated in this blog in order of receiving.

How to respond?

• Choose an object what fits the theme
• Take 1-3 pictures of the object
• How does the object exemplify what matters to you?
• What experience in your life made this object matter to you?

Please include the answers to the following information when submitting your entry:

• What it your name?
• Where do you live?
• What do you do?

P.S. Please note that by submitting your response for this project you give permission to share it later on the blog.