ID: C13
The cycle Displacement Zones (or Zones of Repression) explores the politics of visibility and repression within the sterile public spaces of Belarus. Inspired by hidden queer inscriptions written on the grout between tiles in a Minsk restroom, it transforms this microscopic territory into a metaphor for displaced speech. In Shabohin’s installations, the tiled wall becomes a social grid where cleanliness serves as control, and dirt, deviation, and secrecy become forms of resistance and survival. Through this fragile space of communication, the artist exposes how even the smallest gaps in a controlled environment can hold traces of freedom.
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