H:O:M:E

“we notice connections in part through their ruination” A.TSING

Delivered over four hours at the Mapping Melbourne festival in 2018, H:O:ME offered a participatory framework of live-art, relational choreography, immersive design and storytelling to disrupt, dislodge and unpack the conflicted and paradoxical relationship between identity, place and belonging.

Marking the launch of L&NDLESS collective, H:O:M:E explored the ways in which personal and collective memory is bound up in location, asking how we come to carry place within our identity and history both personal and collective. How do we recall the places lost? What space will be needed to mourn those places lost as the land changes at such an increased pace, and displacement becomes more common?

H:O:M:E was developed in collaboration with the public, via an online portal. Here, memories of places and their significance were submitted prior to the presentation. These recollections shaped the work, and were included in the performance to conjure a temporarily shared and shifting landscape composed of hills and gardens, coastlines and lounge rooms from around the world.

​You can view the original submission portal for memories and landscapes here

and find further performance information here

or listen to an excerpt of the soundscape and interview with sound artist Amais Hanley here.