At Home Anywhere
A project by Henrik Jan Haarink en Esther Kokmeijer
A journey to the 27 countries of the European Union and the 3 candidate countries visiting its inhabitants. Looking for the definition of ‘Home’ at the centre of gravity, the exact hart of each country.

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On June 20th we will start the project: At Home Anywhere. This is a project by Esther Kokmeijer and Henrik Jan Haarink in cooperation with Stichting Beeldbeschaving. With this project we want to map the differences and similarities of the concept of ‘home’ within the European Union.
By spending one day and one night at someone’s home, we can record and collect rituals, habits and characteristics. Through a literature study, interviews with residents, analyses, comparisons with the tradition of living and creating a photo report, we will identify what makes people feel at home. In each country we will travel to the village that’s located most centrally within that country,
the village or the city closest to the geographical centre. This place, on average, is the furthest away from the borders. Het Kadaster has calculated the geographical centers of each country specifically for this project.
There will appear a book and a travelling exhibition about the project. At Home Anywhere will start with an exhibition and a midsummernightparty in Het Wilde Weten (www.hetwildeweten.com) in Rotterdam on June 20, 2008 from 17.00 hours.
On June 21 we’ll leave in our campervan to visit the 27 EU countries and the 3 candidate states. The trip will take about one year.
You can follow the At Home Anywhere project on the website: www.overalthuis.eu (active from June 20th) The site will updated daily.
(This newsletter about the project will be sent once a month. If you don’t want to receive this newsletter, you can unsubscribe at the website www.overalthuis.eu or send an e-mail to: nieuwsbrief@daarzijn.nl )










