In response to the exhibition Matière terrestre (Earthly Matter) and its decision to explore Françoise Huguier’s vast body of work through the prism of domestic space, an invitation was extended to philosopher Emanuele Coccia, who recently published a brilliant book on the home. Published during the lockdown resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, this book explores domestic space, the relationships that play out within it, and the happiness that can be found there.

‘[…] Living does not mean being surrounded by something or occupying a certain portion of the earth’s space. It means weaving an intense relationship with certain things and certain people to the point where our happiness and our breath become inseparable. A home is an intensity that changes our way of being and that of everything caught up in its magical circle.’

Emanuele Coccia (1976) is a philosopher. He has been invited as a visiting professor and researcher by universities in Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Düsseldorf, Columbia and Harvard. He is a lecturer at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Paris).

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