There are many reflections and connotations linked to the term inhabit, it has been transformed over the centuries and societies. But what does it really mean to inhabit?

If we search in the Rae we find «inhabit» as living or dwelling, when searching in the etymological dictionary we see that it comes from the Latin habitare, frequentative of habere, it means that the action is repeated repeatedly. In German «inhabit» corresponds to building is buan or bauen, it means at the same time to shelter, care and cultivate.
Inhabiting is not synonymous with living reflects on all these meanings. Through the four audiovisual pieces we approach the term inhabit from repetition, care, construction and memory.

The work of Amaya Hernández, Villa Betania covers the different traces that an inhabited space generates in the collective memory. Testimonials, documents, images, descriptions, memories and landscapes that trace the past
to build a film, and with it a new memory.

Inhabiting a space from care is an invisible exercise, the jobs that entail this task are among the least valued and socially recognized. Gigi exposes the process in Autogestión where for a while she stops being invisible.

Hotel Royal is born from spaces designed to erase any lived experience. An scenario where Salome Lamas explores the temporary traces left by the tenants when inhabiting the different rooms of the hotel, building narratives about contemporary society.

Rotondacollects the movement and sound produced by inhabiting architecture through the repetition of the daily gesture. Sergey Khismatov shows us the piece without any kind of processing.

Text: Mía de Diego