Unmarked Ground, 2026
Video essay, short film & multi-channel installation

Unmarked Ground looks at what it means to live without a fixed sense of belonging, in a time where movement, migration, and displacement are part of everyday life.

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The project began as a video essay, later developing into a short film, and now extends into an installation. Fractured image sequences, moving image, and costume are brought together to create a space where different timelines and perspectives exist at once. The film may appear as a single work or split across two screens, further disrupting a linear narrative.

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A polyphonic soundscape runs through the work, layering voices in different languages. Fragments of spoken text overlap, echo, and interrupt one another, forming a shifting script that resists a single, stable meaning. Language becomes both a point of connection and dislocation.

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Natural materials used within the film are carried into the installation, creating a physical continuity between screen and space. These elements ground the work while also holding its fragility.

Rooted in personal experience, the work reflects a broader condition where home is no longer tied to one place. Identity forms across languages, geographies, and emotional states. You are here, but not fully. Present, but elsewhere.

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Rather than focusing on borders themselves, the work turns toward the body as a site of orientation. Gesture, breath, voice, and proximity become ways of searching for ground. If place cannot hold us, what can?

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The installation does not attempt to resolve this. Instead, it holds a state of instability and becoming, where identity is continuously shaped through movement, encounter, and change.

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Film Credits : 

Director, DOP, Producer, Editor: Agostina Cerullo
Camera Operator & Production Assistant: Natalia Peralta
Production Assistant: Celina Liu
Sound & Music: Jean-Marc Eck
Costume Design: Evyn Gensurowsky
Performers: Olia Poliakova, Damsel Elysium, Celina Liu, Agostina Cerullo
BTS Photography: Veronica Maier, Celina Liu
Assistant: Thomas Wolfe
Voice Over: JinJing Xia, Jean-Marc Eck, Agostina Cerullo, Cietsoo Nguyen

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Installation Credits : 

Set Design: Vasiliki Nasaki
Set Design Assistant: Evyn Gensurowsky