a room of ones own

after the influential 1929 essay by virginia woolf about the role of women in literature, both as characters and writers. the “room of one’s own” is literal and metaphorical, and indeed demonstrates that literal and metaphorical spaces cannot be fully separated. for the room of one’s own to exist as a mental space, a place of internal refuge or escape, of autonomous thought and creativity, free from domination, external expectations and pressures, certain physical and material requirements need to be met. an actual room of one’s own is something we all need from time to time, if we want to feel in control of our lives. mental space requires physical space, an actual room of one’s own – a room, it should be added, that is not monitored by an army of security cameras and that has a lock on the door.

my day bedroom

Posted on 10/11/2012 by marc

name: Realizza / age: 25 / profession: domestic worker & visual artist / location: london / weekday: monday / reference: this is just one piece of revelations of being a domestic worker. my room is a room of work. i wake up with with laundries and sleep with them at the end of the day.

second photograph I ever took

Posted on 21/08/2012 by marc

name: Reinilde / age: 26 / profession: student / location: Amsterdam & curaçao / weekday: wednesday / reference: my brother and me sharing a room. clean it, before the cleaner comes.

The corner of my room

Posted on 06/05/2020 by marc

name: yixiang / age: 20 / profession: student / location: London / reference: I am a student who lives in London by myself. I have the habit of accumulating a lot of laundry and doing it all at once because I can’t afford to spend time washing clothes every day. When I am at my parents home, my mother does the laundry for the whole family every day.

office

Posted on 06/03/2012 by marc

name: yolande / age: 26 / profession: student & freelancer / location: utrecht / weekday: tuesday, 21:47 / reference: (home) work, mapping, living labour.

enclosure

Posted on 01/02/2018 by rogier

name: Amber / age: 23 / profession: Student / location: Leuven / reference: a taste of freedom

opening

Posted on 05/01/2012 by marc

name: L’occasione / age: 1 / profession: on/off hostess / location: Bilbao / weekday: saturday / reference: a room of her own with a door. an advice by helen escobedo, shared here by: loccasionecon.tumblr.com

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