with Arie de Fijter, Sarah Naqvi, Paky Vlassopoulou, Shreya de Souza and Mylou Oord (organizers of the Queer Choir Amsterdam together with Sarah Naqvi) and Setareh Noorani & Matt Plezier (SMET), curated by HMK resident Danai Giannoglou.

Opening: 3 July 2021, 15.00-20.00: via timeslots

Exhibition and programme: 4 July – 5 September 2021

Hotel Maria Kapel is proud to announce Missing Homes, a group exhibition, curated by Danai Giannoglou, open throughout the summer of 2021 at Hotel Maria Kapel. Convivial opening on 3. July, save the date!

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Throughout the last year, Hotel Maria Kapel curatorial resident Danai Giannoglou, while developing 'Missing Homes', has been considering the less discussed, less cozy, more tangible conditions of home with Arie de Fijter, Sarah Naqvi, and Paky Vlassopoulou, as well as Shreya de Souza and Mylou Oord (organizers of the Queer Choir Amsterdam together with Sarah Naqvi). Meanwhile, Setareh Noorani and Matt Plezier develop the parallel program 'Shelter in place / Shelter in solidarity'. Together, they inhabit a house that is not a home and make themselves at home – only temporarily – inside the building of the chapel and the city of Hoorn.

Danai Giannoglou: “My grandfather used to say that as long as you have a tile over your head everything would be alright, meaning that you can overcome all difficulties as long as you have a roof over your head, a home. Weirdly enough, in our way of being, our vernacular, it seems as if danger can only exist in the public sphere. But are private and domestic spaces automatically safe and friendly? It seems the idea is being constantly, explicitly and brutally disproved in reality today.”

Missing Homes will open on 3. July and run up until 5. September 2021. Throughout this time a public summer program will unfold, with guided walks, a picnic, an Art History School, and more to come. This curatorial residency and exhibition is part of Hotel Maria Kapel’s year program On Shelter, which invited exhibition proposals from recent participants of the de Appel Curatorial Programme.