Art Space Talk: Anat Litwin-- HomeBase Project

Anat Litwin at HomeBase III

Anat Litwin is the founder and Artistic Director of the HomeBase Project. The HomeBase Project is an annual site-responsive, community based project exploring the notion of Home. The goal of the project is to cultivate site-specific art projects in non-commercial urban spaces while nurturing artistic communities based on cultural dialog, collaboration and study. The project is designed to take place in gentrified areas, and thus, to engage with the urban environment and wide public. Anat offered her time to answer some of my questions about the HomeBase Project.

Anat is an Israeli artist and curator based in Brooklyn. She received her BFA from the Bezalel Academy, Department of Fine Arts in Jerusalem, Israel in 2001, and her MFA from Hunter College in NY, Department of Combined Media, in 2005. She is the recipient of the American-Israeli Sharet foundation award for outstanding artists 2001, and the receiver of the Mandel award for young artists. She has served as Director of the Makor Gallery and Artists-in-Residence program of the 92nd St. Y 2005-2007, and has curated numerous exhibitions in public and private venues.

(photographs provided by Oded Hirsch and Adi Shniderman)

Brian Sherwin: Anat, as you know I recently asked Adi Ezroni and Andrea Loefke about HomeBase III. Adi mentioned that you, as founder and director of the HomeBase Project, would be the best source to find out more about HomeBase III and the long term goals of the HomeBase Project. Can you discuss the history of the HomeBase Project?

Anat Litwin: The HomeBase project began in 2006. At the time I was working full-time as the Director of the Makor Gallery and Makor Artists-in-Residence program of the 92nd Street Y. Through my work on these programs I realized the immense creative potential of an artistic community based on study, creativity, and dialog. Parallel to that I continued my own art practice and received a huge studio space - an entire floor in a brownstone building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - for a period of two months.

I decided to use this large space to initiate an experimental site-specific art project about Home, and invited a group of diverse artists to participate, each artist receiving a room in the space as a studio for a month, creating a new work about Home. HomeBase was created as a creative platform to explore the meaning of Home while suggesting a new artistic model which combines art, community, real estate and architecture.

The idea for the project was triggered by the question of Home as a question of identity, especially on the background of the rapidly changing NYC real estate world, where just paying basic rent becomes an impossible task - especially for artists - and where most of the residents are migrant.

BS: Anat, you studied at the Bezalel Academy and Hunter College... did some of your ideas about the HomeBase Project stem from those experiences? Has the project gained support from the academic community?

AL: While I studied at Hunter College, I took a few courses about Public Art at the Graduate Center in New York City with Prof. Hariett Senie. These courses had tremendous influence on me and marked the significance, as well as the potential, of art in the public sphere. I became passionate about challenging the boundaries of art in the urban and natural landscape, and wrote a paper titled "Journey as a form of Public art" which traced a group of contemporary artists who used the journey as a medium in there work (Richard Long, Anna Mandietta, Marina Abramovitch, Raffael Lomas, Min Tanaka, Francis Alys and others). This research touched deeply upon the notion of the nomad artist, and in an indirect way raised the question of Home.

Two years later I founded HomeBase, a "wandering" site specific public art project that is all about human and cultural encounters, taking place within the changing urban landscape. The Project is fairly new and has received attention by many art lovers and writers. Jerry Saltz chose the project for critics pick in NYMAG, however it is yet to be reviewed in depth by the academic community.

BS: You served as the Director of the Makor Gallery and have curated numerous exhibitions in public and private venues. How did those experiences help you in the creation of the HomeBase Project? How is the HomeBase Project unique compared to some of the other venues you have worked on?

AL: I served as the Director of the Makor Gallery and Makor Artist-in-Residence program 2005 – 2007. I was nominated to this position about a week after I graduated from Hunter College, with an MFA in fine arts. As a result I guess, I directed a lot of my creative energy towards building these programs and curating different exhibitions at the Makor Gallery.

While grappling with questions of contemporary art display, I began expanding the ways I incorporated artwork into the Makor building. I began utilizing alternative spaces like the hallways, courtyard and the basement as a venue for art. The art and architecture became integrated in an inspiring way, creating a rich experience for the viewer. HomeBase was the first project I did independently in NY, aside of my official role as a Director of the Makor Gallery, and was a big leap into new territories.

HomeBase is all about leaving the institutional gallery space, and the commercial setting, in favor of finding a raw urban site/building in a gentrified neighborhood that would become a base for creative exploration, while taking into consideration the architectural, historical, human and urban environment. It is a not an exhibit but rather a collaborative art project that questions existing codes and roles of consuming and displaying art, and aims to challenge them; The artists are chosen to this project, not the art work, and the curatorial text is replaced with a text that the artist writes directly called "a letter home".

Rather then a manifestation of a theoretical curatorial idea, HomeBase is a live experimental community based project , integrated in the changing urban setting.

BS: I understand that you plan to expand the direction of the HomeBase Project. For example, I read that there are plans to exhibit the next HomeBase somewhere in Germany. Can you give our readers some insight into your future plans for the HomeBase Project?

AL: I would like to step back a moment and speak briefly about the structure of the project: The HomeBase Project is an annual wandering site-specific project, which takes place each Spring in a different raw urban space. The Project is divided into 3 basic phases, each phase three weeks long: Phase I: Cultural Laboratory - includes creating a temporary artistic community of 12-18 artists from diverse cultural and artistic backgrounds, inhabiting a raw urban space and allocating a room for each artist, creating the site specific art projects and sharing 6 group sessions, which include study, lectures and cross cultural dialog. Phase II: Engagement with the Public – Opening our doors to the public and creating a series of events, tours, performances, games, salons, performances, dancing and talks, engaging the public in an interactive way. The project also includes community space that functions as an open stage for the public. Phase III – Documentation of the project: Documenting the entire process as webisodes, on-line postings, film and through a printed catalog.

I find the HomeBase project to be highly meaningful and important as it becomes an alternative model to the existing art market venues as it promotes cross-cultural dialog and community exchange in a direct and effective way. HomeBase is more like a happening, it becomes fully alive only for a short period of time, and then disappears again.

We are planning on this project to take place in different communities internationally, aiming to start in Berlin next year where there is a rich culture of alternative living models. In order to do so we are currently seeking to expand the financial and logistical foundation of HomeBase, in order to enable the expansion of the project.

BS: Are there any plans to turn the project into a traveling exhibit-- as in, moving the project from one location to the next during the span of time that the project is open? Or will the focus remain on one location at a time?

AL: HomeBase is a wandering project opposed to a traveling one, as it is basically site-specific, and includes each year a new group of artists in a new venue. It is open to the public only for the duration of three weeks. This temporary and transitory aspect is key for cultivating a fresh exploration of Home.

Despite the fact that the structure and theme of exploration remains consistent, each project is a completely different experience due to the unique human and urban setting it ocupies. Our aim is to share the project with the public through the documentation materials, including catalog, film, and a series of lectures and salons.

If you are interested in showcasing the documentation of the HomeBase Project at a venue near you, please contact us at info@homebaseproject.com

BS: How can people get involved with the project? Are donations accepted to help fund the project?

AL: HomeBase is a non-or profit artistic and educational project, fiscally sponsored by a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization FJC. We are in need of financial support to continue the project and donations are much appreciated. Contributions can be made on-line. We accept credit card donations through the auspices of JustGive.org. Donors may access FJC's "Make a Donation" page in JustGive using the following link: www.justgive.org/nonprofits/donate.jsp?ein=13-3848582. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent permitted by law. To find out more information about becoming a HomeBase supporter or sponsor please visit our website: www.homebaseproject.com.

Currently there is no open application process for artists to participate in HomeBase, but we plan on opening that in the future. We welcome participation through contributing a "letter home' . Please visit the website for more information. We welcome your engagement in the project and appreciate your support.

BS: Was HomeBase III a success?

AL: HomeBase III was a huge success, and attracted about 2,500 visitors, as well as recurring visitors, both neighbors, artists and random passersby, who came back to our Home 3-4-5 times and engaged in the many public events. In addition many viewers experienced the project through the webisodes and on-line communication.

It was a big three week long happening which I am now overcoming…. The enthusiastic responses, and general engagement of the public proved the deep need for such a project to exist. On a deeper level HomeBase has been a very special and transformative experience that included human and cultural transactions on both a broad and intimate level, and suggested a different set of rules between artist, viewer and community.

HomeBase III: till death do us Anat Litwin

BS: Would you like to tell our readers about the space you created at HomeBase III?

The Room I created for HomeBase III was an installation in the living room on the third floor, inspired by the exploration of home as a ceremonial space. I was seeking to utilize the architecture of the space to create a twilight zone of the uncanny and the mystical, relating to home as a hybrid of sanctuary and an investigation room in which covenants are honored and questioned. The work was titled "till death do us", and it dealt with the union of a couple as the center drama in a living room.

The space was shut from the exterior world by white shades and included in its center as a stage, a red carpet (red aisle) in a form of a red cross, a fan turning slowly, and a recorded humming of the tune "a hole in the bucket". Around this stage I placed different objects brought from my own home in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and situated them in a way that animated them as silent witnesses in a ceremony.

HomeBase III: till death do us Anat Litwin

On the wall I placed a legend made out of paper cut-outs and text, that attributed elevated meanings to the objects, connecting the mundane with the sublime, daily cleaning chores, and domestic pets, with Masai Epiphanies. For example simple bright yellow dish washing gloves gained a role of shamanic gloves and where marked as "healer", the old black phone situated on the desk was marked as "redeemer", and the red cross rug was referred to as "salvation". When entering the space the viewer became the performer, attempting to figure out this loaded riddle.

Rather then providing answers I am interested in my work to provoke questions, and extract humorous and poetic meanings out of dysfunctional situations.

HomeBase III: till death do us Anat Litwin

BS: Finally, is there anything else you would like to say about the HomeBase Project or HomeBase III?

AL: HomeBase has been a tremendous collaborative effort, it would not have take place without the passion and commitment and generosity of all parts involved. I am thankful to all the partners and team players and artists and visitors and supporters who gave the project life. I do feel lucky to be able to realize a project with such cultural and social meaning. I invite the readers to follow the project to its next station via the internet. Thank you Brian for this interview.

You can learn more about Anat Litwin and the HomeBase Project by visiting the following website-- www.homebaseproject.com. You can read more of my interviews by visiting the following page-- www.myartspace.com/interviews.

Take care, Stay true,

Brian Sherwin

Art Space Talk: Andrea Loefke-- HomeBase III

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Douglas Romines.

Andrea Loefke is an accomplished German installation artist, who has shown extensively in NY and Germany, and is a Smack Melon resident. Andrea offered her time in order to discuss her installation, Home Sweet Home, which is on display at HomeBase III. Andrea has created a whole room based on the concept of food and cooking in a humoristic atmosphere that reminds one of a picnic scene. Andrea actually cooks at the project every Wednesday at 8 pm and throughout the weekends, simple homey foods – like oatmeal. While Andrea prepares food, visitors are allowed to explore the world that she has created in her space at HomeBase III-- as long as their shoes are off! You can learn more about Andrea by visiting her website-- www.andrealoefke.com.

The HomeBase Project, founded and directed by Anat Litwin, is a unique annual public art project devoted to the exploration of Home. The HomeBase Project is currently celebrating its third year (April 27 - May 18). HomeBase III has landed in a historical landmark townhouse in Sugar Hill, Harlem. This years project includes a group of international artists from Lebanon, USA, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Iran, as well as local Harlem Artists who have inhabited the space to explore and create in it site-specific projects addressing the notion of Home. Visit www.homebaseproject.com for further information about the HomeBase Project.

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Adi Shniderman.

Brian Sherwin: Andrea, you are one of the artists involved with the HomeBase Project... HomeBase III to be exact. Can you tell us about your space at HomeBase III and the experience you have had with the project so far? Also, why did you decided to be involved with the project?

Andrea Loefke: I have a smaller size room on the second floor located towards the back... the garden. It is a quite room with a beautiful old fireplace. A little oddly shaped with a diagonal wall, making my space even more friendly since it is zoned off from the entrance door and creates privacy.

My piece at HomeBase III is entirely in red and white and I utilized the floor for the creation of the space. The area has an airspace of about 20" above ground, not more. The complete floor is covered with carpet padding and a red/white check patterned picnic tablecloth, the one we all recognize immediately. It is the fabric we all know from our mothers or grandmothers kitchen table or picnics we have had when we were children. It is rich in these associations and suggests a nostalgic, homelike, and guarded atmosphere. It builds comfort and generates personal memories. A cliche with intensity, excessive and meticulous.

I created a kind of playground. No shoes allowed! The world inside invites us to tinker, to make, to eat, to socialize and to relax. At certain times I am cooking on my two hot plates on the floor. Everything is in red and white. During the opening day I made oatmeal with milk and strawberries topped with a few drops of raspberry syrup and flakes of coconut. The room was crowded with visitors, enjoying the food, making drawings, shaping plasticine or watering the plants and flowers.

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Adi Shniderman.

My strawberries and tomatoes are growing in window boxes behind a little tea station. The fireplace has paper flames and cotton smoke clouds. Marshmallows on red sticks are positioned by the wall-- appearing as if they are ready to be roasted. There are bowls of candy and flowers in red pots floating just above ground. Scribblings and pined up drawings can be discovered on the wall. It is a creative place. A place that appears cozy, yet expresses some insinuations of discomfort... as if things are slightly out of control!?

For example, there is a tinkered white foam-core house that has no roof. The view inside reveals an aggressive red and glossy surface that nearly spills out over its walls. The paper flames and puffy clouds are escaping into the room. All details are without exception within the color scheme and even the red and white checker pattern has been meticulously cut out and made to wooden blocks stacked and collected in containers. Everything is unreasonable and overly excessive, doesn't our home often exhibit the true sides of oneself?

HomeBase has been a very challenging and new experience for me. When Anat Litwin approached me I was intrigued by the concept of working on site and with the clear intent to interact as a group and with the place. I usually work by myself and rarely have discourse with others during this process. Things happen quietly in my studio. At Homebase I was inspired by the group, the talks, the meetings, the place, the neighborhood. It was a wonderful opportunity to explore a new working practice.

In addition we had an immense time constriction. Three weeks went by and there was still construction going on in the building. One had to act quickly and smartly. As a matter of fact, my idea to cook and set up these "tinkering stations" came through the fear of not being able to create a complete and finished piece! I decided that I would need to have a continuous process... a piece that will grow over time, even over the course of the exhibition. From there I went and the idea formed toward my "Home Sweet Home" Installation.

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Douglas Romines.

BS: What do you like about the community aspect of the HomeBase Project?

AL: The community aspect of HomeBase goes beyond the community of artists in the space. For me it was very interesting to work in a different neighborhood-- Harlem is a place I hadn't‚t been able to truly visit before. The next door neighbors, the kids on the street, the Jazz Club across the street... there were clashes and concurrences-- experiences all around. We were all clearly challenged in the role as both visitor and intruder. We had wonderful moments of connection and other moments of misunderstanding.

BS: You were born in Germany... did the transition between living in Germany and moving to the United States impact your work and process? Artists that I've interviewed before have mentioned that they felt a sense of isolation reflected in their work due to the clash of culture that they had experienced... did you experience that as well? Is that reflected in the work that you have created for HomeBase III?

AL: No, I have not experienced isolation and it doesn't‚t reflect in my work. I have always felt very welcome in the United States. I embrace the difference in culture, especially the difference in material culture. When I came to America I was fascinated by the 99 cent stores, the cheapness, the kitsch, the artificial colors, the slick and tacky surfaces. My work has changed vehemently since I arrived and day-by-day I am joyfully diving into the tactility of America's mass-produced knick-knack.

My piece at HomeBase might have a little sentiment... the red and white, like my parents kitchen, the strawberries, the cooking, the smell of food. My mother and I both love strawberries and at home we always had an enormous bowl of strawberries with whip cream. I also associate home very much with my mothers cooking. I love to sit in the kitchen at home and have mother prepare a nice dinner for the whole family. Yes, this is my personal felicitousness.

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Douglas Romines.

BS: Your installations occupy a space between familiarity and fantasy. In your work... you are interested in the journey of discovery and offering pathways for viewers to explore their own reflections and interpretations upon viewing your installations. Can you go into detail about the thoughts behind your work and how you have carried those thoughts into your space at HomeBase III?

AL: In HomeBase III the pathways are even more open than ever. I provided a place full of possibilities, a framework that allows personal experience, a personal narrative-- the viewer and visitor can be creative in his or her own terms quite literally. I am interested in creating a place that has the capacity to crack open a well of associations and allow the viewer to feel, to dream, to fantasize, be irrational, subjective and intuitive.

During the process of viewing, specific or vague personal memories are awakened. The participant is asked to weave his or her own story and sensations, to believe and to wonder. Certain materials, objects, colors and smells (of food and cooking) might trigger these reactions. The actual doing and creating in Home Sweet Home might heighten the experience. After-all, the installation fuses the real and the imagined. It is my hope that it generates an atmosphere of creativity.

Home Sweet Home (detail), Andrea Loefke installation-- HomeBase III. Photo by Adi Shniderman.

BS: Finally, as I know you are rushed for time, is there anything else you would like to say about you work at HomeBase III or about the HomeBase Project in general?

AL: I wish I could take part in the HomeBase Project again but with more time to fully apprehend the potentials of such a project-- the idea of completely experiencing a place and space and its people.

As for the cooking and my "play area": I feel that the work and its visitors have been a gift to me. I have never experienced such true participation. Last Sunday was an unforgettable, and indeed extraordinary, day for me. Home Sweet Home had a magical atmosphere-- a candid and yet "artless" involvement. Thanks to everyone who visited.

You can learn more about Andrea Loefke by visiting her website-- www.andrealoefke.com. You can learn more about the HomeBase Project and HomeBase III by visiting the following site-- www.homebaseproject.com. You can read more of my interviews by visiting the following page-- www.myartspace.com/interviews.

Take care, Stay true,

Brian Sherwin

Art Space Talk: Adi Ezroni-- HomeBase III

764 St. Nicholas Ave @148th st.-- HomeBase III

The HomeBase Project, founded and directed by Anat Litwin, is a unique annual public art project devoted to the exploration of Home. The HomeBase Project is currently celebrating its third year (April 27 - May 18). HomeBase III has landed in a historical landmark townhouse in Sugar Hill, Harlem. This years project includes a group of international artists from Lebanon, USA, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, Iran, as well as local Harlem Artists who have inhabited the space to explore and create in it site-specific projects addressing the notion of Home. Visit www.homebaseproject.com for further information about the HomeBase Project.

Adi Ezroni offered her time to answer some questions about HomeBase III. Adi, co-producer of the HomeBase Project, is one of the leading actresses and television hosts in Israel . She is also an acclaimed film producer working in the US. One of her films “Holly” is currently out in the theaters.

(credit goes to the photographers-- Oded Hirsch and Adi Shniderman.)

Anat Litwin installation, HOMEBASE III 2008

Brian Sherwin: Adi, you are the co-producer of the HomeBase Project-- a unique annual public art project devoted to the exploration of Home. This is the third year for The HomeBase Project. HomeBase III opened on April 27th. Can you give our readers a brief history about the founding of the HomeBase Project?

Adi Ezroni: Anat Litwin, the founder of HomeBase, was the director of the makor gallery and artist in residence at the 92y. Two years ago she founded the homebase project based on the idea that artists can be architects of meaning. What could be more basic and universal than the concept of home? It is the most fertile ground for artistic exploration, one which fosters understanding and dialogue. SO – HomeBase I was in Greenpoint in 2006 and HomeBase II was in SOHO in 2007. This year we have transformed a 5 floor historical townhouse into HomeBase III!

BS: Adi, can you discuss your position as co-producer of the HomeBase Project? Why did you decide to be involved?

AE: I am an actress and a film producer. I love the arts, and have been involved in socially minded projects for many years (see www.priorityfilms.com for examples). Exploring the notion of home artistically when it is such a charged subject in an international setting in gentrifying neighborhoods is truly exciting for me. Anat Litwin is a magnetizing presence! She is so professional, creative, and passionate. She is an extraordinary artist in her own right. I wanted to help make it happen and get the word out.

BS: How are artists selected for involvement in the HomeBase Project? Can artists submit their work for consideration or are they personally selected by the coordinators of the project? Are there other ways that people can support the project?

AE: Up till now, the artists have been selected by the coordinators of the project and mainly by Anat who has many years of experience in curating public art projects. The artists needed to be open minded about working in a site specific setting for a month, being part of a communal setting not just an exhibit and from various cultural backgrounds. We hope to open it up to submissions in the next couple of years.

Ken Launder Guest installation, HOMEBASE III 2008

BS: Adi, what can you tell our readers about the study component of the project? It is my understanding that the artists participate in group study sessions during the first month... can you go into detail about that?

AE: Yes, that’s true – HomeBase is about creating a meaningful community of artists, not just another gallery exhibit. In the first phase of the project, the artists meet twice a week for study sessions together. For example, this year, writer, Ruby Namdar joined us for textual exploration of home in ancient texts and Michael Henry Adams joined us for historic background of the neighborhood and the architecture as well as others-- including the artists themselves. In this time, the artists create as well – and the study component elicits additional ideas for their creations.

BS: The project utilizes the Internet... for example, artists post Letters Home via the HomeBase website and the project is documented on the HomeBase website blog. What do you find interesting about this utilization of technology alongside the physical aspects of the project?

AE: The project is more than the physical. It combines the letters home aspect which is the textual representation of the project as well as the video blogs, and color catalogue. By utilizing the internet we are enabling those who have been to the project and want to respond as well as those who have not and want to be part of it – to participate. It is the public engagement aspect that goes beyond just the location. Today many people feel that they find their respective home in niches online…so I guess that’s a part of it too.

Andrea Loefke installation, HOMEBASE III 2008

BS: Adi, can you tell our readers more about HomeBase III? I understand that 17 international artists working in different mediums are involved with the project this year. Perhaps you can give us some information about a few of these artists?

AE: Anat Litwin – Israel - the founder and director of the project is also an artist - she has taken up the living room on the third floor and created an object theater with her personal objects from home that reflect a place of ceremony and relationship. She has added a vocabulary in the form of cut outs and text that assists in opening up the riddle/puzzle of objects. For example – the ceremony of cleaning with the ordinary yellow gloves is given the higher meaning as a spiritual healing.

Andrea Leofke – Germany – is an accomplished German installation artist, who has shown extensively in NY and Germany , and is a Smack Melon resident. Andrea has created a whole room based on the concept food/cooking in a humoristic atmosphere that takes from a picnic scene. As we were speaking of home, many artists including Andrea spoke of food/homecooking as a major feature in what they felt home means to them. Andrea actually cooks at the project every Wednesday at 8 pm and throughout the weekends, simple homey foods – like oatmeal.

Sylvie Degiez and Wayne Lopes – Swiss/USA – created a sound installation in the penthouse which incorporates various soundtracks using 3 universal chords. Though the tracks are extremely different from each other, they work in harmony and won’t repeat in 365 days.

Annabelle Daou – Lebanon - has shown extensively in the US and is also a director and curator of numerous art projects. She has created a room with the view of the horizon, yet the view is made by building blocks that actually block the real view.

Alex Schweder – US – is an architect and artist who has exhibited extensively In the US including the SF MOMA and others. He has taken the living room on the fourth floor and "swept it under the carpet" thus creating a new terrain and challenging our conception of a "living" room.

YelleB ensemble performing “rooms” every Saturday/Sunday at 1:30 and 5 pm

BS: You share a space in HomeBase III as well, correct? Can you tell our readers about the site specific art that you have created in that space?

AE: Yes, I have decided to forfeit my "room" and take up the nook under the stairs. That’s where I feel comfortable/safe. I have created a video projection of a white masked figure. To me, feeling displaced/in transition/on the threshold of, is like being faceless, and in a way I am the ghost in the attic…a figure that is between up and down, kind of in the middle.

BS: Each year there is great interest in how the artists will reflect their ideas of 'home'. Adi, in your opinion... why has the HomeBase Project been so successful? Why does this exploration of 'home' capture the attention of viewers?

AE: I believe it is a seemingly simple concept (though very complex in its outcome) and very universal – it is welcoming and enigmatic at the same time.

Xaveira Simmons, Installation, HOMEBASE III 2008

BS: In what way do you hope to see the HomeBase Project expand? Are there any plans to take the project global?

AE: We are looking forward to expanding the project to communities in the US and internationally. We hope to be in Berlin next year.

BS: Is there anything else you would like to tell our readers about HomeBase III or the HomeBase Project in general?

AE: Please check our website for upcoming events – it is continuously changing. We welcome everyone! Thank you so much for this thoughtful interview.

You can learn more about the HomeBase Project by visiting the following website-- www.homebaseproject.com. You can read more of my interviews by visiting the following page-- www.myartspace.com/blog.

Take care, Stay true,

Brian Sherwin