In this series I intervene in an unknown domestic environment and with a site specifc and relational installation, I work both with people and objects inhabiting the place. Simply changing the position and use of things in the intimate space, we created domestic and ephemeral installations, called “altars”, small places of worship that sabotage the meaning attributed to things, transforming the private space in a place of community, suspension and wonder in everyday life, moments and corners for selfreflection and mutual care.
Personal objects can acquire different meanings depending on the spaces, contexts and relationships that are established between and with them. In the consumerist and capitalist society, objects multiply exponentially and become symbols instead of tools. Symbols of identity, social status, desire, accumulation, and ultimately confict between people. On the other side, an altar is a symbolic place of worship too, but above all a place of community and harmony. Considering home as a microcosm, a basic unit of society that implies and corresponds to a whole series of issues related to property, struggle, individualism and dynamics of power or expectation that permeate everyday life, this practice is aimed to create a place of unexpected intimate interaction and production in a shared ritual.