St. Joseph

The work – commissioned by a housing association (St Joseph) – took the shape of a ritual that investigated the effects of the financial crisis on people’s notions of debt, poverty, prosperity and wealth. Saint Joseph is – among many other things – the patron saint that helps against housing problems and debt. According to an old Catholic ritual, it would bring luck to bury the holy statue with its head down into the garden. The strategy of the project was to make use of this ritual as a means to interview the inhabitants of Boxtel. 

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