Punt WG
Opening Mapping Belonging: A Retrospective on Home
NL
Amsterdam
["Mayrah Udvardi\n\nMayrah UdvardiExhibition Opening Times: \nThu-Sun: 14:00 - 18:00\nMon-Wed: by Appointment* ", "\n\nLecture: 22 March", " 14:00 - 18:00\n\n\nPart of the airWG series\n\n\nMapping Belonging ", "presents an in-depth reflection on the spatial conditions for belonging as experienced by Mayrah Udvardi", " atelierWG Artist in Residence. During her three-month residency", " Udvardi examined the diverse places she has called home&mdash", "defined as any location where she lived for three months or more with access to a kitchen&mdash", "to consider how architecture", " geography", " and cultural context informed her sense of place.\n\n\nHow does your built environment contribute to your sense of belonging &mdash", " or displacement?\n\n\nIn her role as Design Director with MASS Design Group &mdash", " a global nonprofit that partners with communities to design", " build", " and advocate for architecture that promotes justice and human dignity &mdash", " Udvardi habitually poses this question to others. Yet her creative practice is deeply personal", " shaped by repeated experiences of placemaking and uprooting that began in childhood.\n\n\nBy the time she came of age", " Udvardi had learned two profound lessons. First", " political access does not equate to social acceptance. Although citizenship in three countries eased border crossings for her family", " it held no sway on the playground. Belonging", " she observed", " arises from shared history", " a connection to place", " and a sense of steadfastness &mdash", " all of which eluded her. \n\n\nSecond", " the construction of homes and territories perpetuates transnational &ldquo", "slow violence&rdquo", " &mdash", " the gradual harm inflicted by privileged communities on marginalized peoples and ecosystems. She witnessed this in the suburbanization of her birthplace in Ngunnawal country (Australian Capital Territory)", " which rendered thousands of acres vulnerable to fire", " in the influx of migrants to post-wall Berlin fleeing war and economic hardship", " and in the precarious farmworker housing underpinning Oregon&rsquo", "s agricultural empire. While she eventually accepted that belonging might remain elusive", " the reality of slow violence became a galvanizing force in her professional practice.\n\n\nUdvardi&rsquo", "s retrospective is organized as an interactive catalogue of cartographies that trace the emotional and historical significance of each past home at domestic", " community", " and regional scales. Visitors are invited to engage tactilely with the catalogue", " drawing their own conclusions about each home&rsquo", "s capacity to foster belonging. Ultimately", " ", "Mapping Belonging ", "urges contemplation of how origins", " migrations", " and memories converge to form a sense of home and challenges viewers to question the complex forces shaping our relationships with place.\n\npuntWG is open on weekends from 14.00 to 18.00 hrs and extra opening hours as shown above.\n\n\nAnd also by appointment\n\n"]
