Better Homes

Year:	2007/2008
City:	Vienna, Austria
Measures:	100 x 160 cm, each, pillow 40 x 60 cm
Media:	Thread
Exhibitions:	Better Homes Where your feet are standing,... Political Correctness Von der Notwendigkeit, Augen am Hinterkopf zu haben
Catalogues:	Tanja Boukal - Political Correctness Tanja Boukal: Body of Works 2002-2009 Tanja Boukal: Von der Notwendigkeit, Augen am Hinterkopf zu Haben

The showroom becomes a shelter for the homeless.
Social sculpture without people. Intervention without intrusion.
Depressing. Nice. Or?

Tanja Boukal has spent a significant amount of time with the homeless people she photographed for Schöner Wohnen on Vienna's Karlsplatz, gaining insight into their daily lives.

The security and warmth that the hand-knitted Kaschmir blankets suggest are created by the people portrayed through rituals with which they create a piece of home in the public space.