In collaboration with HYPER DUO. Expansive installation made of wood, sheet metal, string, cardboard, paper, and other materials, as well as transducers, amplifiers, and MP3 players

The installation is the result of a lengthy artistic engagement with the German term "Heimat," initiated by the experimental Swiss music formation HYPER DUO.

The critical examination of the concept of "Heimat" and its political and ideological instrumentalisation in the context of German-speaking cultural areas leads to a discourse that investigates themes such as invention, myth, nostalgia, sentimentality, and collective memory. Through Bachelard’s¹ chests, closed trunks, and cupboards, through the protective, warm space with a burning fireplace, surrounded by a wintry, icy cold, the installation attempts to approach an ambivalent theme positively. Just like "Heimat," the word "Geborgenheit" is considered untranslatable. Geborgenheit describes a state or feeling of security, warmth, peace, closeness, and love. The current global political situation painfully brings to light how displacement, change, and alienation cause us to lose something. The installation "Heimat" is an experimental attempt to replace this loss with Geborgenheit.

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