In order to imprint the permanent condition of terror, which is experienced by the multitudein modern times, Paolo Virno states:
Today, all forms of life are being tested by that feeling of "I do not feel like home".
Hence it becomes clear that modern man is unable to constitute a minimum space, in which he could protect its existence. This confession, however, assumes that the house is or at least was once, this place of safety and salvation, man's refuge from the outside world. Today, as the notion of home seems to be radically transformed, we must ask ourselves, why when this transformation is so obvious, yet man continues to seek for “his home" with eternal agony. Why Virno’s multitude continues to look for something that seems to be lost long ago and perhaps never even had? What happened to the house? And if we tried to describe it, would we be able to give an enlightening definition to it? Through these initial questions emerges the chapter of the history of home, which under these terms of modern life, becomes more topical than ever.
In our effort to give answers to these complex questions that are raised here, it is necessary to return to the beginning of its creation and to outline its genealogy. We will go then back to the first houses of the Neolithic era and to the classical house of ancient times, only to discover the deep interdependence between human existence and home. At the time of this critical ascertainment, we will turn our attention to the theoretical construction of Sloterdijk’s Spheres, which will allow us to ask new questions around the concepts of interior and interiority. Eventually, this research will be completed with a daily recording method, which will give us the chance to become the external observers of our own modern life and thus of modern home.
