WHEN I THINK OF HOME

When I Think of Home is a created space of suspended live Yoshino cherry trees that takes a literal cue from the fabled Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World that was built by the Neo-Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II for his homesick wife Queen Amytis and reminiscent of the green mountains of Media (northwestern Iran).

The installation examines the emotional gravity of a place, the transcience of life, and the psychological anxiety related to displacement, nostalgia, and the quest for identity.