‘ Coming home begins with a thud, a sigh, a glass of water. Rituals that look ordinary, yet belong only to this body, this household and this life. Here, shoes mark the floor, a single coat hanger holds its jacket, and a key finds its place, all curated by the non-standard resident. There is no prescribed sequence and thus no flatpack logic. This installation traces those personal rituals and shows them as a choreography of arrival. It asks why spaces are standardized when their residents are not. The room learns from the body. Through the assembling of reclaimed materials and the dimensions at hand, the installation takes shape, demanding adaptive attitude and results in refined detailing. ‘
Design/production:
Saloua Aalillou & Eline Adriaensen, residents at Bosacademy, Antwerp for Vruchtbare Grond 2025.