Ovoo (2022 - Ongoing)
Ovoo is a photographic project grounded in Buryat-Mongolian shamanistic cosmology. Its title refers to the ovoo (obo in Buryat) —sacred cairns or wooden totems that mark spiritually present sites across the Siberian steppe. Traditionally serving as portals to the spirit world, ovoos embody a relational worldview rooted in pre-industrial Indigenous lifeways, where land, ancestry, and ritual are inextricably linked. This project examines how these structures continue to influence cultural memory and spiritual sovereignty in a landscape marked by historical erasure.
In response, I began creating a body of work that stages encounters between landscape, memory, and loss by using a combination of self-portraiture, site-based photography, and archival image manipulation.
In memory of my great grand father - Sodnom Dorzhi (1922-2011)Ovoo book spreads:
