A Shrine of Household Deities
Homeward Bound, Den Haag | Pictures by Lizzy Zaanen and Veronika Petuchova
Concrete, air-dry clay, wax, glass, salt and flowers
200 X 140 X 64 cm
2023
Home is constantly changing, and yet always the same.
For me, it used to be in Curaçao — now, it’s also here. In Zeist, then Lunetten, and now in Den Haag. But Utrecht still feels like home, and so does Sun Valley. I found home in Dunedin for six months, four years ago, and it still feels like home to me.
Home is a verb.
Many places, people, and things can be home.
It is a state, a type of comfort, an emotion.
It is intangible, yet we live in it.
It is a spell we cast on that we deem worthy.