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We try to keep our place as a safe space. It is in this transition from the private space into the public arena that we are faced with the contrast of the measures undertaken by the Dutch government (“intelligent” lockdown) and the loose attitude of Dutch people towards the virus. There are very few people wearing masks in the supermarkets and we experience explicit uneasiness in their gaze as they see us wearing them, as if we, somehow, embodied the virus itself. Having contact with the ones we love in Spain makes us aware of how privileged our personal situation is -we are going through this together as a couple (giving each other support in the other’s anxieties), we can go outside to do some exercise or just for a walk (in contrast to Spain), we can hang out in our garden (in contrast to people living in flats) and have this amazing overview of the canal- and to take very seriously our responsibility towards the most vulnerable collectives of our community. As a result of experiencing the “quarantine times” together, we have come up with “Hanging on the entrance door”, 2020 -after a long time without collaborating- as a reflection of how the shared experience of the outbreak of the COVID-19 has changed how we relate to the domestic space.
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