A House Placed In Between
- Poetry in the comfortable grey zone - (2020)

An ambiguous notion of territory, property and home.

In 2009, the embassy of Democratic Republic of the Congo located in the Hague, Netherlands was suddenly closed. Behind the closure, a legal fight had been taking place between the state of the Congo and a debt collector. One year later in 2010, a few days before the new squatting law entered into force, the embassy was squatted. Soon, it was transformed into a collective living house with music, art and communal events.

The film is based on Takeuchi’s performative research, that through re-enactment, explores the different perspectives and narratives in and around the occupied embassy. The film is a contemplative reflection of the “protected” artists living in this ambiguous grey zone, while questioning the colonial legacy that was and is still embedded in today’s political system and our perceptions.