It’s simple really. I come to Reykjavik, I find a spot, I build myself a shelter, I take it down. Another day I try somewhere else in the world. I’m trying to feel at home anywhere. I want to know what is required of a stranger in a new city and what is required of a city when the new arrival appears. There are questions about entitlement, identity, belonging, freedom, home. Part sculpture, part protest, part ceremony. The invitation is to witness me and your neighbourhood. Come and go, pass by, stay - it takes me a while. See how well Reykjavik and I meet. It seems that someday soon we may all have to find elsewhere to live, how will that go? Presented by Lokal/Reykjavik Dance Festival

It’s simple really. I come to Reykjavik, I find a spot, I build myself a shelter, I take it down. Another day I try somewhere else in the world. I’m trying to feel at home anywhere. I want to know what is required of a stranger in a new city and what is required of a city when the new arrival appears. There are questions about entitlement, identity, belonging, freedom, home. Part sculpture, part protest, part ceremony. The invitation is to witness me and your neighbourhood. Come and go, pass by, stay - it takes me a while. See how well Reykjavik and I meet. It seems that someday soon we may all have to find elsewhere to live, how will that go? Presented by Lokal/Reykjavik Dance Festival

It’s simple really. I come to Reykjavik, I find a spot, I build myself a shelter, I take it down. Another day I try somewhere else in the world. I’m trying to feel at home anywhere. I want to know what is required of a stranger in a new city and what is required of a city when the new arrival appears. There are questions about entitlement, identity, belonging, freedom, home. Part sculpture, part protest, part ceremony. The invitation is to witness me and your neighbourhood. Come and go, pass by, stay - it takes me a while. See how well Reykjavik and I meet. It seems that someday soon we may all have to find elsewhere to live, how will that go? Presented by Lokal/Reykjavik Dance Festival

Sonia Hughes has been building her little house across the world from Norway to South Africa - a bid for liberation, an attempt to feel at home anywhere. Solomon Hughes has been documenting the endeavour throughout. Now they have gathered all of his photographs to see what it amounts to. You are invited to join them. Exhibition continues until 25 October. Tuesday - Saturdays 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Free at part of Luminato in the City I Am from Reykjavik is more than a performance—it's an invitation to introspection. It challenges us to examine our relationships with space and time, to reconsider the boundaries between self and other, and to embrace the possibility of forging meaningful connections in unexpected places. Join Sonia Hughes on this transformative journey, where every structure built and dismantled is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit to build your sense of home anywhere and in anyone you can. Schedule of performances by Sonya Hughes: Friday, June 7 • 11am - 6pm • R.V. Burgess Park Saturday, June 8 • 11am - 6pm • Withrow Park Tuesday, June 11 • 11am - 6pm • Sugar Beach Wednesday, June 12 • 11am - 6pm • Yonge and Dundas Square Learn more about I Am from Reykjavik: https://www.luminatofestival.com/i-am-from-reykjavik Learn more about Sonya Hughes: https://www.luminatofestival.com/artist/SoniaHughes Supported by Greektown on the Danforth, UBC Built Local 27, Downtown Yonge BIA, Canada Council of the Arts, Yonge & Dundas Square. Special Thanks To K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation

I’d like to meet some people in Montreal who are a bit like me. Are you: -a woman in her late 50s -someone who cared for an elderly parent -a single parent of a single child -in a mixed-race relationship -someone who used to be a political activist and has become one again -fat -Black -a child of an immigrant -someone who is not sure they’re living in the right place -an artist for over 20 years -someone who has been to jail -someone who likes gardening -someone who was born working class, but now is probably middle class As part of my project to be free, to be a post-racial, global citizen, I would like to meet people a bit like me in Montreal. You pick the place, I meet you, we have a chat, I’ll buy you a coffee, that’s it. If you’re curious to meet someone like you. Send me a message here, or via FTA. I AM AVAILABLE TO MEET IN THE MORNINGS BEFORE 12 NOON OR AFTER 6 P.M IN THE EVENING. part of FTA 2024

I’d like to meet some people in Toronto who are a bit like me. Are you: -a woman in her late 50s -someone who cared for an elderly parent -a single parent of a single child -in a mixed-race relationship -someone who used to be a political activist and has now become one again -fat -Black -a child of an immigrant -someone who is not sure they’re living in the right place -an artist for over 20 years -someone who has been to jail -someone who likes gardening -someone who was born working class, but now is probably middle class As part of my project to be free, to be a post-racial, global citizen, I would like to meet people a bit like me in Toronto. You pick the place, I meet you, we have a chat, I’ll buy you a coffee, that’s it. If you’re curious to meet someone like you. Send me a message here, or get in touch with Luminato festival part of Luminato

I’d like to meet some people in Hastings who are a bit like me. Are you: -a woman in her late 50s -someone who cared for an elderly parent -a single parent of a single child -in a mixed-race relationship -someone who used to be a political activist and has now become one again -fat -Black -a child of an immigrant -someone who is not sure they’re living in the right place -an artist for over 20 years -someone who has been to jail -someone who likes gardening -someone who was born working class, but now is probably middle class As part of my project to be free, to be a post-racial, global citizen, I would like to meet people a bit like me in Stockholm. You pick the place, I meet you, we have a chat, I’ll buy you a coffee, that’s it. If you’re curious to meet someone like you. Send me a message here, or get in touch with Home Live Art part of Home Live Art

It’s simple really. I come to Makhanda, I find a spot, I build myself a shelter, I take it down. Another day I try somewhere else in the world. I’m trying to feel at home anywhere. I want to know what is required of a stranger in a new city and what is required of a city when the new arrival appears. There are questions about entitlement, identity, belonging, freedom, home. Part sculpture, part protest, part ceremony. The invitation is to witness me and your neighbourhood. Come and go, pass by, stay - it takes me a while. See how well Makhanda and I meet. It seems that someday soon we may all have to find elsewhere to live, how will that go? Part of National Arts Festival. #I'mGoingtoNAF thanks to Horizon Onward to Touring Fund

It’s simple really. I come to Makhanda, I find a spot, I build myself a shelter, I take it down. Another day I try somewhere else in the world. I’m trying to feel at home anywhere. I want to know what is required of a stranger in a new city and what is required of a city when the new arrival appears. There are questions about entitlement, identity, belonging, freedom, home. Part sculpture, part protest, part ceremony. The invitation is to witness me and your neighbourhood. Come and go, pass by, stay - it takes me a while. See how well Makhanda and I meet. It seems that someday soon we may all have to find elsewhere to live, how will that go? Part of National Arts Festival. #I'mGoingtoNAF thanks to Horizon Onward to Touring Fund