I miss you, home ︎
The Netherlands is facing a housing shortage. As a consequence, a lot of its
citizens have issues in finding suitable accommodation, and are affected by
inappropriately high rental prices. Amongst them there are students, whose hope
to build a better future is too often hindered by the failure of getting a
basic human need – a place to live. Lacking sufficient social support, they hop
from one friends’ couch to another, or reside in expensive hostels, suffering
from emotional distress. In such precarious living, squatting becomes for some
the solution.
The artworks research into the subculture of students occupying empty houses for living. When a basic need is not guaranteed, civil disobedience might take place as a way to confront systematic inadequacy. That is done in creative ways that, as the exhibition shows, put forward reflections on the execution of anti-squatting and vacant property laws.
The artworks research into the subculture of students occupying empty houses for living. When a basic need is not guaranteed, civil disobedience might take place as a way to confront systematic inadequacy. That is done in creative ways that, as the exhibition shows, put forward reflections on the execution of anti-squatting and vacant property laws.
Exhibitions and conversations ︎
National Conference for student housing (2022)
Exhibition as part of the event
Commissioned by Gemeente Den Haag
Nieuwe Kerk, Den Haag
Presentation for Alderman Martijn Balster (2022)
Visual research into the housing crisis
Conversation in Den Haag
Piep Knars Krijs Kraak (2022)
Exhibition
Comissioned by Hotel Mokum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I miss you, home (2021)
Exhibition
Commissioned by Student & Stad
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
D66: How can art influence politics? (2021)
Video presentation
Commissioned by D66
I miss you home - squatting as a consequence of the housing crisis. Den Haag
Conversation: Task force student housing (2021)
Squatting as a consequence of the housing crisis
Den Haag
Exhibition as part of the event
Commissioned by Gemeente Den Haag
Nieuwe Kerk, Den Haag
Presentation for Alderman Martijn Balster (2022)
Visual research into the housing crisis
Conversation in Den Haag
Piep Knars Krijs Kraak (2022)
Exhibition
Comissioned by Hotel Mokum
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I miss you, home (2021)
Exhibition
Commissioned by Student & Stad
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
D66: How can art influence politics? (2021)
Video presentation
Commissioned by D66
I miss you home - squatting as a consequence of the housing crisis. Den Haag
Conversation: Task force student housing (2021)
Squatting as a consequence of the housing crisis
Den Haag
Works ︎
Home sweet hole
Framed photographs showing the students’ life inside various squatted houses. With an intimate visual language, these pictures present living situations that are not imaginable for most people.
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The Oude Haagweg case
A documentary about the curious case of an attempt to squat a giant building. This work includes a documentary video, online research, self-made tools and photographs.
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Portraits and stories
Large scale portraits of squat residents and terrible stories about student housing that we collected.
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A squatting story
Documentation and diary entries of a night dedicated to squatting. Reconstruced story, visualized with photographs and handwritten text on red paper.
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Cats and courtcases
Various collected documents (mails, verdicts, etc.) and cat pictures that were taking during ‘house-sitting’.
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Souvenirs for the landlord
Objects left in a squat that got evicted within 72 hours after the verdict. Shown as dias with an old dia projector.
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Table of curiosities
Legal forms, court evidence, lockpicking tools and communication with neighborhood.
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Exhibition guide
Letters sent to a missing dear house, from house seekers, with love.
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Framed photographs showing the students’ life inside various squatted houses. With an intimate visual language, these pictures present living situations that are not imaginable for most people.
The Oude Haagweg case
A documentary about the curious case of an attempt to squat a giant building. This work includes a documentary video, online research, self-made tools and photographs.
Portraits and stories
Large scale portraits of squat residents and terrible stories about student housing that we collected.
A squatting story
Documentation and diary entries of a night dedicated to squatting. Reconstruced story, visualized with photographs and handwritten text on red paper.
Cats and courtcases
Various collected documents (mails, verdicts, etc.) and cat pictures that were taking during ‘house-sitting’.
Souvenirs for the landlord
Objects left in a squat that got evicted within 72 hours after the verdict. Shown as dias with an old dia projector.
Table of curiosities
Legal forms, court evidence, lockpicking tools and communication with neighborhood.
Exhibition guide
Letters sent to a missing dear house, from house seekers, with love.
Resources ︎
Podcast ‘I miss you, home’
“The exhibition is an exploratory experience where people can come to understand parts of what it means to have an alternative way of housing.”
Exhibition ‘I miss you, home’ shows dire situation student housing
“It is with great pride that we announce the photo and video exhibition ‘I miss you, home’. [The artists] have put together a remarkable exploratory experience around the theme of student housing and squatting.”
Photo exhibition: I miss you, home
“By analyzing the practice of squatting from a philosophical and anthropological perspective, the lecture will address the way we think about living spaces and the role of bureaucracy in shaping our understanding of it.”
Working on student housing in The Hague
‘’Together, we can face the problem and find a solution’’
“The exhibition is an exploratory experience where people can come to understand parts of what it means to have an alternative way of housing.”
Exhibition ‘I miss you, home’ shows dire situation student housing
“It is with great pride that we announce the photo and video exhibition ‘I miss you, home’. [The artists] have put together a remarkable exploratory experience around the theme of student housing and squatting.”
Photo exhibition: I miss you, home
“By analyzing the practice of squatting from a philosophical and anthropological perspective, the lecture will address the way we think about living spaces and the role of bureaucracy in shaping our understanding of it.”
Working on student housing in The Hague
‘’Together, we can face the problem and find a solution’’
Artists ︎
Lina Selg
is a documentary photographer and visual storyteller. Interested in the outer edges of society, she documents the lives and realities of those painfully affected and neglected by the social and political structures of our society.
Dario di Paolantonio
tackles philosophical questions by inquiring into contemporary issues, focusing on media landscapes and the worlds beyond humans.
Ben Maier
frames his photographic practice as a visual economist. His explorations via photography are rooted in the nefarious and uneven aspects of neoliberalism that clash with an equitable future