It explores the idea of a home being both a physical and metaphorical place and the relationship between our birthplace and the place we call home. This evokes complex emotions such as displacement, migration, home, identity, birth, and longing and questions the transparent contradiction between longing for permanence whilst actively seeking freedom.

The map is marked with the locations of artists Shaima Shamsi and Alaa Balky’s homes to represent the human connection to home. An excerpt of the poem Bury, written by Shaima, is incorporated into the design. ‘I was born inside you; the atoms that belong to you belong to me too. This integration of language represents the importance of the home concept, no matter what or how the home may look.