Wednesday 22 April 2026, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
How is the idea of “home” unsettled through migration, climate crisis, inherited memory and cultural displacement?
Culture& would like to thank everyone who came to the In Conversation event at Museum of the Home.
The audiences joined Dr Errol Francis, Director of Culture& in conversation with artists Güler Ates, Leyla Huysal and Yusuf Huysal, facilitated by Museum of the Home curator Marina Maniadaki, to explore the new sound work ‘In Perpetuum’ installed amongst the period rooms at the Museum of the Home. The event began with a collective listening of the work, followed by a discussion exploring how this new commission engages with The Unhomely – a concept from Sigmund Freud’s 1919 essay das Unheimlich. Often translated as “the unhomely” or “the uncanny”, the idea describes the unsettling feeling of being alien or out of place within a familiar setting. The panel shared their insights around the concept and development of the sound installation ‘In Perpetuum’ and expanded on the tensions of belonging and the persistence of memory, longing, and identity.
This is our first The Unhomely event in London, launched with a new artist commission by artist Güler Ates in collaboration with the Museum of the Home. Special thanks to Aurelian Enjabert and Marina Maniadaki for making this event possible.
Later this year, the sound piece will move from Museum of the Home in London to the Brampton Museum in Newcastle-under-Lyme and these dual locations will create a conversation across cities.
Rooted in psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud’s concept of the uncanny, The Unhomely explores the diasporic experience of migration, cultural displacement, belonging and identity. Through stories, objects, and creative commissions, the programme asks: what does it mean to feel at home, and what happens when home becomes unhomely?
More The Unhomely events will be announced soon.