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After the experience of Résidence timide, I decided to look for a new living and working space that could better support the project and reduce its previous limitations. In July 2017, I moved into the studio No Supplies, located in Anderlecht, Brussels. This change of environment allowed me to shift the theme and launch a second residency: Résidence à l’aise.

No Supplies was a large shared studio for fifteen people: eleven artists working on the ground floor and four people living upstairs. The space included a wood workshop with machines, an exhibition space, and a shared kitchen. I took one of the four rooms upstairs, which was approximately 60 square meters. For Résidence à l’aise, the invited artists had a much larger workspace than in Résidence timide, as well as the possibility of collaborating with other artists at No Supplies.

I decided to create a yurt because I needed a separate, private space inside my large room. This allowed me to invite artists from a wider circle, beyond my immediate surroundings. I was interested in how the yurt functioned: it could be folded away when there were no residents, and it was mobile enough to be used for external presentations.

The yurt was only set up when residents were present. This gesture helped them feel more “at ease” and gave them a space where they could spend time alone when needed. They could use the space however they wished — as a living space, an experimental lab, or something else.

A yurt inside a room — a room within a room.

This yurt, named HURTE, eventually became both a living and working space for the artists. My role was to support them and document their stay.

Résidence à l’aise welcomed three residents in total during 2019. Afterward, HURTE remained in Brussels and was made available for future use — depending on requests — either as a residency space or as an exhibition space.