8989km Every Time

With this body of work I explored the concept home, specifically my sense of home/place whilst living in a foreign country. During my two years living and working in the Netherlands, whilst at The Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, I experienced a true sense of being ‘foreign’ for the first time in my life. It was a very sobering experience. During this time I still maintained my long term relationship with my partner in South Africa. We managed regular visits due to his accepting all conference invitations in The Netherlands and Belgium. On each of these trips KLM (airlaine) presented the passenger with one of these collectable vessels shaped like dutch houses. In a very direct way they speak about ‘home’ but by receiving them only when my partner visits deepened this meaning.” – Luan Nel