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The latest news from us and the community – from homesharing memories to social experiences and personal interviews within art, design, technology, activism and more.
Building sustainable futures through co-living and shared spaces
Building sustainable futures through co-living and shared spaces Coliving spaces - embedding sustainability, community, and wellbeing Images: Matthew Lesniak @consciouscolivingteam What does the...
The world’s first non-visual artist residency: one week in total darkness
The world's first non-visual artist residency: one week in total darknessBlind assistants in the artist residency space - these women guided the artists during their time in darkness, and...
“Abandoned Germany” — A photo essay on German ghost-towns by Berlin host Antonio
"Abandoned Germany" A photo essay on German ghost-towns by Berlin host Antonio Memories of Berlin host Antonio's legendary trip through German ghost-towns and up to Copenhagen. Images: Antonio...
Confronting HIV: A story about our co-founder’s first artwork
Confronting HIV: A story about our co-founder's first artworkHuman Hotel Co-founders Sixten and Martin, Cape Town, 2004 Khayelitsha Township, South Africa, 2004 Images: Wooloo / Human Hotel I can...
How this organizer ran the CPH Photo Festival, in her PJ’s
How this organizer ran the CPH Photo Festival, in her PJ'sCPH Photo Festival organizer Patricia on transitioning exhibition mediums. CPF's installation at Reffen, Copenhagen Images: Patricia...
Where’s the audience? CPH:DOX goes digital without cinemas.
Where's the audience? CPH:DOX goes digital without cinemas.Our host Stella recalls her experiences with COVID19, CPH:DOX, and the deep waters of the digital world. (Photo: CPH:DOX poster / Still...
Let it grow! An artistic intervention by our co-founder
Let it grow! An environmental intervention by our co-founderThe garden at F15 Gallery in Moss, Norway, where our co-founder Sixten developed his art work. Images: Wooloo / Human HotelTwo Years'...
From Tokyo to Lisbon and back: A host’s discovery of her guest’s culture
From Tokyo to Lisbon and back: A host's discovery of her guest's cultureMemories of Saara's trip to Tokyo. Images: Saara Helkala @saarahelkala Saara hosted Aki from Tokyo; he stayed at her place in...
Living with Ghosts – a short story by Jackie Treiber
Living with Ghosts - a short story by Jackie Treiber Artwork by Jackie, Human Hotel community member and guest, who wrote the following short story after her stay in Copenhagen. Images: Jackie...
Recycled technology in Copenhagen’s most untamed neighbourhood
Recycled technology in Copenhagen's most untamed neighbourhood Copenhagen host Jan on the evolution of RefshaleøenHuman Hotel host Jan's creative collective, 320colab, work with reclaimed and...
Why we sold candy filled with bankers’ hair on a busy Copenhagen square
Why we sold candy filled with bankers' hair on a busy Copenhagen squareThe Bonus Balls vending machine installed on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, 2012 - where people could purchase candy filled with...
‘New Life Berlin’ was just an art project, until the birth of my first baby gave it a whole new meaning.
'New Life Berlin' was an art project, until the birth of my first baby gave it a whole new meaning.Wooloo art projects from their Berlin years leading up to the birth of Human Hotel / Wooloo...
How Nathan Langston united 1000 creators across 2 million kilometres with one project
How Nathan Langston united 1000 creators across 2 million kilometres on one projectThe TELEPHONE project launch party in NYC, celebrating the beginning of a game linking creators across the world...
Per Huttner creates music with brainwaves using a neural interface
Per Huttner creates music with brainwaves using a neural interfaceArtist and Human Hotel host Per Huttner, co-creator of a neural interface for live music control. One of Per's installation projects...
DE-CONSTRUKT founder Laura Arena on her NYC residency space, co-living, and collaboration
DE-CONSTRUKT founder Laura Arena on her NYC residency space, co-living, and collaborationNYC Artist and Human Hotel host Laura Arena in DECONSTRUKT - a creative residency space for collaboration and...
Live music, performances, and artist hangouts – Human Hotel LIVE
Live music, performances, and artist hangouts - Human Hotel LIVEOur first live music performance comes from Musician and Human Hotel member BÜNNI. Photo: BÜNNI Artist and influencer Gab Bois will be...
COVID-19: A chance to make the internet great again?
COVID-19: A chance to make the internet great again?The COVID-19 lockdown launched an enormous homesharing experiment. Can it change the way we use the internet? Artist and Human Hotel host Guy at...
Co-founder Sixten reflects on his time in Santiago during the 2019 Chilean Revolution
Co-founder Sixten reflects on his time in Santiago during the 2019 Chilean RevolutionA protestor on the streets of Santiago, Chile, at the height of the revolution in December 2019. (Photo: Juan...
We confined artists in an NYC detention center to spark a debate about US immigration
We confined artists in an NYC detention center to spark a debate about US immigrationArtist and host Valeria Cordelo reflects on immigration and her time in confinement in our NYC detention center....
Community building in NYC through photography and shared experience
Community building in NYC through photography and shared experienceNewsletter Article #34Photography provides an opportunity for intimate shared experiences. We're building our NYC community based...
How we moved from art sharing to homesharing
How we moved from art sharing to homesharingNewsletter Article #32Homesharing allows us to build connections between people and cultures. Here, a native shaman from Peru performs a ritual in the...
Our Chilean saga: start-up accelerator, COP25, and the revolution
Our Chilean saga: start-up accelerator, COP25, and the revolutione had quite a blow this month. After building an amazing community of hosts in Santiago to house international...
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