TOTEM (2010)
Building – and with it, urbanisation – is the way in which man has succeeded in bringing an inherently hostile nature under control and securing his own place in it. A flat or house is not just a utilitarian object, but also a totem, a flag planted in the ground, an marker of territory. It is the way that space is structured, brought under control, and ultimately transformed in a home. Franky Verdickt shows us these newly erected totems, shortly before people move into them and become part of their history.