Miezy

Description

Homebound is a Belarusian musician preparing his debut EP Miežy and seeking an artist to design its visual identity, including the EP and single covers. The EP explores borders, migration, memory, and longing between those who stayed and those who left Belarus. The artwork should convey nostalgic melancholy and quiet hope. The city should appear as a fragmented memory of Minsk in a surreal, layered dusk setting, with the Moon as a unifying symbol. Use a subdued greyscale palette with muted blue and beige tones.

​Master Image

Brief & Solution

In the silent blackness of space, a fragment of childhood Minsk emerges. A carved portal with mermaids and a triton’s head becomes a symbolic entrance into a frozen world of memory, like a half-forgotten dream. The city feels real yet fragile, its buildings and pavement crumbling into the void like fading recollections.

As emigrants, we can return only through memory, while this fairytale past slowly dissolves into darkness. The city is assembled from recognizable landmarks blended with abstract forms, where reality and imagination intertwine. The mermaids seem to come alive, their soft light adding warmth and magic. A tiny figure enters the arch, embodying childhood and remembrance. Beyond lies a star-filled sky and distant galaxies, symbolizing connection across borders. The image speaks of loss, emigration, and the memory of home that continues to live within us.

Single Cover

​Animation

​Fragment

​Album Cover

​Animation

​Fragments

​Sketches

Cultural Context

The illustrated fragment of Minsk, Belarus, is assembled from recognizable architectural landmarks: the house where Lee Harvey Oswald once lived, the Stalinist “House with the Spire,” and a surviving prewar portal. These elements symbolize layered history and fragile continuity. The work is also shaped by the forced wave of migration from Belarus after the 2020 protests, when political repression compelled many to leave their homes.

Lee Harvey Oswald House | Minsk, Belarus

A surviving prewar Portal house | Minsk, Belarus

The Stalinist “House with the Spire”| Minsk, Belarus