The Housing Question: An Odyssey is a documentary video installation about urban living, the right to housing and the urban housing market. The project deals with the privatization of our cities and the resulting gentrification processes, that more and more divide cities along monetary fault lines and class differences. Viewers go on a journey with the artist, starting from a house in Basel who's tenants had to move out to make room for redevelopment, to discover the financial entanglements of the owners behind the house that lead to a refugee camp in Burkina Faso where Doctors without Borders is helping internally displaced persons. The work encourages viewers to think about their own living situation and introduces tools for research and resistance to affected persons. It does not only reflect on the concrete hardships of our current housing market, but on the philosophical question of what dwelling is for us today and how we can think anew our relationship to the spaces we inhabit.
Urheberrechtshinweis
Jürgen Buchinger, Hochschule Luzern – Departement Design & Kunst
Video installation with 3 27“-HD-monitors including headphones, 7 HD short distance projectors, 10 synchronized mediaplayers, a 7-sided room measuring approx. 760 cm diameter and a height of approx. 250 cm