During out first lesson (With Robbie), we each sat around and discussed the first assignment about exploring our homes or our temporal environments. Going around in a circle, everyone talked about the different places they’re calling home at the moment.

I was surprised by the fact that many student were currently living in share homes or that some were only in homes for short periods of time before moving. For me personally, I’ve been living in the same home for almost the past 17 years of my life. My parents purchased my current home back when I was around 3-4 years old and we’ve been living there ever since, which gave me a different dynamic to those living together with other students or for those who haven’t been in their current house for a long time.

Apart from the fact that I’ve been at my house for almost 2 decades, it was also around 50+ years old and it had a lot of history to it. I explained that I wanted to focus on all the rituals that me and my family have engraved into the house and how, as a small family, the house has moments of abandonment and life all at the same time.

Overall, it was really interested and slightly inspiring to hear the environment and space that everyone else had been living in.