WEEK 4: The Body At Home

The private space is not only a space of safety, but also of secrets and alternative identities. It is in itself a stage set that has only been made public more recently through the use of web cams and home influencers. In this lecture, artists who stage themselves in domestic settings will be shown, films that show the domestic through a voyeuristic gaze. as well as an example of an architect who designed a home for his own ghost.

Topics Discussed:

• Aneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga
• Iiu Susiraja
• Joanna Piotrowska
• Carlo Mollino
• Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock
• A Short Film About Love by Krzysztof Kieślowski