MaMA 

From the 9th of September till 22 November, MaMA’s showroom hosted The Big Homely Space: an exhibition on the role of design on the experience of art. Using her own experience as a starting point, visual storyteller Naomi Brusselman told a story about overstimulation in public spaces. Based on extensive research among a neurodiverse community and the different ways people can experience art, The Big Homely Space combined stimulating works of art with a soothingly arranged exhibition.

Because there are differences between people’s brains and thus different ways of learning and information processing, the exhibition text of The Big Homely Space was offered not only on paper, but also via audio – as part of the (ongoing) research into how stimulus processing interferes with the experience of art. Below you can listen to the audio tour one last time, and thus experience The Big Homely Space in an auditory way one last time.

Welcome to a place where you don’t get overstimulated.

This space is yours too.

Put down your things,

hang up your coat,

step into your imaginary landscape.

Welcome to a place where you don’t get overstimulated.

Where you are free to stay and free to go.

This door is not a threshold.

This door is a vantage point.

Look, how blue is the sky?

Can you see the cranes? They’re floating.

Welcome to a place where you don’t get overstimulated.

Every room tells a story.

A story about you too.

Every space makes space

for your imaginary landscape.

Welcome to a place where you don’t get overstimulated.