I want to continue my exploration of residual experiences within the UK by focusing on a particular emotional condition often experienced by Romanian immigrants. While I recognise that migration is both profoundly intimate and highly varied, it also produces shared experiences across individuals. One of the most significant similarities are the sense of longing that persists regardless of how, when, or why someone left their country of origin. To some extent, many immigrants miss aspects of what they consider “home.”
This project seeks to investigate that feeling more deeply. To do so, I designed a website centred around a single question, conceived as a simple inquiry into people’s memories, emotions, and everyday experiences. This is the question:
“De ce îți este cel mai dor de acasă? Exprimă ce înseamnă dorul pentru tine.
What do you miss the most from home? Express what ‘dor’ is to you.“
The website does not request personal information, names, or any form of identification; rather, it functions as an anonymous space for collecting and presenting these reflections. By bringing these memories together, the project aims to reveal a shared sense of solidarity embedded within the experience of leaving home and living elsewhere.
Below is a showcase of the website, along with selected responses. The website is simple but effective. The decorations are from previous participants who filled out the booklets and can be interacted with by the person on the website curently. Moving the elements on one device remotely moves it on someone elses as well.
Additional contributions can be accessed through the following link.