/home

The exhibition /home is about how in today's world our domain, our home, is dissolved, superimposed and embedded in the digital. My home is where my computer is, and on my computer there is my user space, my space, my home. Home is a construct, it's as personal as it is abstract, it's regulated and rendered and it’s my life. Home is the center and a hub, it is my house and my foundation and it’s nothing but a concept that shapes my whole reality. The privacy of the home faces a permanent onslaught from surveillance and commercialization. On the other hand, home should be inviting and comfortable, open, safe for all. In the heroic times, home was the center of the world. In a networked society, home is defined by its surroundings and relations. However, home is not only a functional node, it still echoes both the individual and private sphere. From the patriarchal oikos which ties together the concepts of family, property, and house, to the domos and an apartment in the Mietskaserne or Stadtvilla, the concept of home still relates to questions of property and bears the promise of security; as well as the false promises of freedom and fortress, so it sets the basis for a lot of excuses which start with: “but the rent has to be paid.” Furthermore, the digital home is now under attack, too; There is the steady attempt to weaken encryption technologies and make permanent the große Lauschangriff, a kind of total surveillance. Nowadays, the home is equally situated in super-cities and on meta-platforms; this tension and friction is emphasized within the exhibition.