Home.png is a sculpture shaped like a playhouse, covered with white and light grey tiles, imitating the appearance of a PNG file – the pattern we see on the screen when an image has no background, or something in the image has been removed. The work functions as a meeting between the digital and the analogue and creates a space for reflection on our time, which is characterized by "content overload" and nostalgia. A time when overconsumption and overproduction often dilute what matters most.

The PNG pattern functions as both a blank canvas and a negative space. It represents a home that has been, may never have been or may never be. It becomes a space where time, place and belonging are constantly in flux.

The sculpture invites festival visitors to relate to their own sense of belonging to and definition of home – a home that is both present and absent in the work.

When adults interact with the work, they must literally make themselves small in order to step into the construction – a physical gesture that encourages them to put themselves in the shoes of children and young people and consider what home means to the next generation.

The work was created in collaboration with SEEK Festival.