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For many, the summer holidays signify a time of rest, freedom and relaxation. Work and school are set aside, and plans are made to depart: towards sun, sea and sand, or perhaps the mountains. Yet for others, the summer period takes on a different meaning: continuing to work, staying at home, passing the time in idleness, perhaps visiting family or caring for others. The way one spends the summer holidays therefore reflects not only the notion of leisure and how it is filled, but also one’s access to it. What, then, does it mean to remain at home during the summer? How is leisure shaped by those who ‘stay behind’ in a period when many leave the country, schools are closed, and tourists flood into the city?
In the exhibition Out of Office (Still Here), Nest examines the notion of ‘leisure’ precisely by opening our doors during the long summer holidays to all those remaining in the city. How do we spend our summers? And what part is played by our immediate surroundings? The neighbourhood,…
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For many, the summer holidays signify a time of rest, freedom and relaxation. Work and school are set aside, and plans are made to depart: towards sun, sea and sand, or perhaps the mountains. Yet for others, the summer period takes on a different meaning: continuing to work, staying at home, passing the time in idleness, perhaps visiting family or caring for others. The way one spends the summer holidays therefore reflects not only the notion of leisure and how it is filled, but also one’s access to it. What, then, does it mean to remain at home during the summer? How is leisure shaped by those who ‘stay behind’ in a period when many leave the country, schools are closed, and tourists flood into the city?
In the exhibition Out of Office (Still Here), Nest examines the notion of ‘leisure’ precisely by opening our doors during the long summer holidays to all those remaining in the city. How do we spend our summers? And what part is played by our immediate surroundings? The neighbourhood,…










































































































