2019, Video, 10 min
In Berlin, not only rents are getting more expensive, but also real estate prices. There are options such as cooperatives and the heritable building right to counter the price increases after modernization and gentrification. But they only represent a tiny share of the market. For most people, soaring rents are an existential threat. The right to housing applies to everyone, and people need their homes for a lifetime. I am concerned with the causes of the current situation. In the video I reconstructed the logic of speculation in a short performance. In the process, the viewer takes the role of a spectator and observes the entire process. The daily chores of unrolling, cleaning, and shaking out the carpet symbolize the investment process: Invest, wait, resell at a profit. Ikea store and Dyson vacuum cleaner, in turn, are symbols of neoliberalism and gentrification. The amount of gold glitter scattered is in proportion to the actual price of the land in question, I converted the price per square meter of land to the size of the carpet.