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SPOTLIGHT ON PRIVACY

2016

The first object visualizes a private moment within a space, just shared with yourself appearing immaterial. The function is simply the reflection of incoming sunlight. When not placed to be exposed to the sun, the object appears useless and addresses the codification between guest and inhabitant.

The second object was inspired by the hollow used for object photography refering to the phenomenom of self staging within the own home. While the white surface invites to display and serves an open pose, flipped around it strikes a protective pose, communicating the state between exposure and pullback.

The third object is a textile filter that visualizes censorship within the private place of dwelling. It invites to either filter what should be seen. The covered areas stay unseen on the flipside it also extends existing furniture.

The traditional home does not exist anymore. What started with shelter from weather, developed into the private archive of our lives. That place where there is nothing to do, but everything. The place to be, not to act. However since Airbnb and Instagram we are starting to share publicly what was regarded highly private in past times.

Spotlight on Privacy reacts on this change and the mixed feelings that accompany the new sharebility around the place that was long reserved for noone but ourselves. Three objects act upon the inhabitant but also include the guest that appears to intrude the private environment.

What are the consequences of an increasingly exposed privacy through Airbnb and the Sharing Culture on our feeling of being home?

Spotlight on Privacy visualizes three states between retreat and representation.