In a beautifully timed spoken essay, Kévin dives into the theory behind the ever-shifting landscape he says he will continue developing over his whole life.

"Het HEM’s layers of history flow into each other, so that it is no longer clear what is past and present." Photographer, artist and teacher Marcel Fraij visited our building and investigated the versatility of the site, questions of memory and remembrance, and the ambiguity of the space itself.

"Define your 'perfect future' in positive and using the present tense (ex: not ‘I would like to do’, but ‘I do’). Imagine that you have reached your goal overnight: tomorrow morning, how do you realise that the transformation has taken place?"

Genius Loci by sound artist Brian d’Souza is the first artwork commissioned for The Couch.

Curator, stylist and writer Leendert Sonnevelt interviews Brian d’Souza, who has made Genius Loci, the first commissioned artwork for The Couch. Sonnevelt and d’Souza discuss the development of the artwork, and what it reveals about the ‘spirit’ of Het HEM.