Life in Bratislava seemed very chaotic and ugly to me. Because some original motifs and compositions already seemed to be photoshopped, I decided to digitally manipulate many other photographs to create more chaos. A reader is therefore confronted with a collection of photographs that might surprise in their absurdity.

Despite my efforts to make the book ugly (as I perceived the reality there then), it actually became a vivid, utopic representation of my impressions of this part of my life.

One time during my exchange, after telling them I was from Slovenia, I got asked back So, you’re on Erasmus in your own country? which seemed like the perfect title for this artist’s book.

Analogue and digital photographs, manupulated in postproduction. Digital print and infinity loop binding.