HOME.

For this exhibition we—as an international group of students, coming from various disciplines at EKA—have explored the connotations and connections of the phenomenon of home, reflecting on its meaning for us. At the start of this exploration we looked for a space for our exhibition, investigating different public and semi-public places in the process, until we arrived in the privacy of this apartment. While walking through these rooms, sitting on the couch, making breakfast in the kitchen, we noticed that this is not a home yet, but a mere shell. The objects you will find here in this shell—artworks and furniture alike—do not make a home, but are only witnesses and accomplices to memories and practices.

TEMPORARY.

The works and performances shine light on liminal and temporary spaces, on intimate, small moments that often constitute the feeling of home. With objects and performances, artists explore their own personal narratives connected to this feeling in the rooms of this apartment.

At the same time, these moments are subverted and put on trial. Other works critically examine the boundary between public and private space and the gazes that might pierce it. Of course, questioning the solidity of a home’s walls also calls a home’s internal (in)security into question—if it ever even existed in the first place. For some, the feeling of home lies not in private spaces but in shared, collective experiences and memories created in public contexts.

AN EXHIBITION.

With that, you are welcome to our apartment. Usually, a home has a single owner, but for a short while, we collectively become the caretakers of this space. We transform an apartment into a place that embodies everything we associate with the concept of "home." From the moment you take off your shoes and your jacket and enter the hallway, you become part of this exhibition. By inviting you here, to this exhibition, the privacy of the apartment has been subverted and it has turned into a public space—but still, there are moments of vulnerability and intimacy left on the walls, in the shelves and in the performances. We invite you to interact with these works and the artists, explore all of the spaces and, with them, the boundaries of (this) home as both a physical and philosophical phenomenon.

HOME.
For this exhibition we—as an international group of students, coming from various disciplines at EKA—have explored the connotations and connections of the phenomenon of home, reflecting on its meaning for us. At the start of this exploration we looked for a space for our exhibition, investigating different public and semi-public places in the process, until we arrived in the privacy of this apartment. While walking through these rooms, sitting on the couch, making breakfast in the kitchen, we noticed that this is not a home yet, but a mere shell. The objects you will find here in this shell—artworks and furniture alike—do not make a home, but are only witnesses and accomplices to memories and practices.

TEMPORARY.
The works and performances shine light on liminal and temporary spaces, on intimate, small moments that often constitute the feeling of home. With objects and performances, artists explore their own personal narratives connected to this feeling in the rooms of this apartment. At the same time, these moments are subverted and put on trial. Other works critically examine the boundary between public and private space and the gazes that might pierce it. Of course, questioning the solidity of a home’s walls also calls a home’s internal (in)security into question—if it ever even existed in the first place. For some, the feeling of home lies not in private spaces but in shared, collective experiences and memories created in public contexts.

AN EXHIBITION.
With that, you are welcome to our apartment. Usually, a home has a single owner, but for a short while, we collectively become the caretakers of this space. We transform an apartment into a place that embodies everything we associate with the concept of "home." From the moment you take off your shoes and your jacket and enter the hallway, you become part of this exhibition. By inviting you here, to this exhibition, the privacy of the apartment has been subverted and it has turned into a public space—but still, there are moments of vulnerability and intimacy left on the walls, in the shelves and in the performances. We invite you to interact with these works and the artists, explore all of the spaces and, with them, the boundaries of (this) home as both a physical and philosophical phenomenon.

WALKTHROUGH