Norway: My home is my residency

Last week I left Bergen for a few days to attend my mother’s 70th birthday celebrations. I didn’t touch base in Dortmund but went straight from Frankfurt Airport to Saarbrücken and back 3 days later. After these days that were characterized by a big gathering of family and (my mother’s) friends, all people I hadn’t seen in a while, coming back to Bergen was indeed like coming home. I never interrupted a residency to go back to Germany before  and thought it might disturb my feeling for the place – but the opposite is the case: I feel more connected to Bergen and my studio than before. – Now, I am facing the fact that I have only 3 weeks left and cannot imagine to leave…