To define ‘home’ is ambiguous and difficult since everyone’s interpretation of home is different. The term ‘house’ defines a dwelling structure whereas ‘home’, being more than a physical space, is a nostalgic idea and a spatial imaginary, which shapes and denotes home as an emotional and a conceptual space. Thus, the abstract idea of home is imbued with feelings and clusters of memories.

 

Home is more connected to a time than to a place. In other words, home is the moment you are in. The moment is now, here and gone. This idea had been explored through the use of my own photography capturing my ‘moment’ of home as imagery in the project.

 

By tackling differences between the terms ‘house’ and ‘home’ the project explores the different notions of the two terms and examines the perception of the term ‘home’. The intention of this project is not to solve a problem or to come up with the fixed definition of ‘home’ but rather, the project evokes bigger questions such as: In what ways can we define ‘home? or Where does your sense of belonging come from?