Facing an environment focusing on performance, rest is pushed away to lower levels of our priorities on the ladder of success. If we are allowed to rest (and if we are able to allow ourselves to rest), it often only fills in the very few empty slots in our schedule of work activities. In House of Rest, we want to think about the value of resting so that we are able to stand up for its significance at institutions, in front of our colleagues and ourselves. To share our experiences of pausing in moments when our inbox is overflowing with unresolved work tasks and the deadline to pay the rent approaches. What would actually happen if we go quiet for a week? Could taking a break become a means for resistance, and what can we learn from resting about ourselves and the environment in which we function?

The door of our House of Rest will be open each day from 15:00 until 21:00 (from 12:00 on weekends). The programme centres on uninterrupted resting in a room filled with blankets and pillows, accompanied by diverse practices and conversations that allow for a rest to be actively experienced and critically reflected on.