'How Now, House?' exists as a 13 minute single-channel short film and as site-specific installations. It was formally known as ‘Four Bedroom Shared House’.

How Now, House? investigates our yearning to leave traces behind through the prism of one house in Rotterdam. Using archives, personal memories and the philosophy of time, the film questions whether a space can ever really belong to one person, or time period, at all.

Photos below are stills from the short film and documentation from two installation presentations, at Het Wilde Weten in November 2023 and at FilmDak, TOT Project, Oranjeboomstudios, in September 2024.

CREDITS for the short film:

A film by Tess Martin

Performer: Bianca Casaburi

Music & Sound Design: Ruben van Asselt

Cinematography: Matija Pekić

Color Grading: Gideon van der Stelt

Title design: Alice Saey

Post animator: Arnaud van Vliet

Movement consultant: Marijke de Vos

Script consultant: Lenina Ungari

Dutch language consultant: Rhea Bogaart

Vinyl song:  Danza della Tarantella by Bonjour Bonjour

Voices by: Nadine Ghandour, Tess Martin, Matteo Pasquini, Giorgia Vendetti, Riccardo Santalucia, Endrie Setijasih, Marvin Dee, Pablo Bravo Chaves, Petru Codreanu, Annique Marthanna Nahumury, Sofie Wentholt, Esther Muñoz Grootveld, Mathieu Wijdeven

Many thanks to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, whose words form the basis of the dialogue of the Scientist.

Many thanks to all my housemates.

This film was made possible by the Netherlands Film Fund and CBK Rotterdam and was also supported by Het Wilde Weten and the Rotterdam City Archive.