A House is Not a Hotel

As Paul Young once sang, ‘Wherever I lay my hat, that’s my home’, couldn’t be more relevant to today’s migratory community. The transitory state of moving freely from one rented accommodation to another is rife throughout the western world and no more so than in London. However, the non-conformity of a fleeting existence can be freeing for one and insecure for another. Five artists including Lisa Slominski, Christian Newby and Farniyaz Zaker look at the role of inhabiting and our relationship to a short-lived existence.