Rosa Vrij

A performative book presentation about giving and taking space.

House is the conclusion of many years of artistic and personal research on giving and taking space, bundled in a publication. The audience reads and experiences this book in the form of an interactive book presentation.

When my partner Ben Weir and I moved in together in 2018, I invited him to reflect on our relationship to our home and to each other. Through drawings, sculptures, text and performance, we created an imaginary house in which the body and architecture merged.

During the book presentation, the audience goes through this archive, slowly becoming part of a journey through architectural and personal spaces themselves. For how do you actually relate to others and to the space around you?