"I don't really like this word - purification. For some reason I associate it with death. I do not know why. But it's like some kind of connection, like embalming the body after death. I don't know why. Purification, purification... It's a strange word, I don't like it.
The semi-documentary audiovisual performance "Restore" is about the search for oneself and the return to the true self. To what extent does the environment affect us and our identity? To what extent do we ourselves, influenced by the environment, unconsciously change and manipulate our identities, away from authenticity, uniqueness, self? Layer after layer of environmental and self-expectations, demands, projections, build up walls that become more and more oppressive, more and more oppressive. The walls get denser, wider, and more oppressive to the point that we forget who we really are. How much time and effort does it take for these walls to melt, to disappear?
Using documentary video and audio recordings, as well as elements of performance, the artists invite the observers to analyse together the questions of human identity.