This Housing Thing (2021)

This Housing Thing contends with the complexities of inherited and lived experiences, in relation to ideals and aspirations. Narratives from the Netherlands and Aotearoa New Zealand are unpacked alongside socio-political observations, and the work oscillates between subjective to ideological positions throughout a narrative that is audible, internal, and unspoken. Flipping through family photo albums and scrolling through web footage, This Housing Thing hinges on the desire for housing security and access as a human right. Why this housing thing? Looking backwards to look forwards, This Housing Thing reasserts the political and the personal as inseparable.