Map of Absence
Every image holds a promise of forgetting. They speak about constructed territories. Now what does territory mean in the world of constant shift? How does a body move through an ephemeral terrain, can that be considered a territory?
I often think about how the body dilutes into land, or reversely how much land, architecture, ruins, and vacant spaces we soak in.
By accumulating material and situational clues, I weave a route towards space: a speculative territory or a condition. Burial grounds often spark the fragility of human fate. It is a ground of reverence and remembrance. These spaces hold a precious notion of survival. The sense of loss and displacement brings in the paradox of refuge and survival. They often touch the opposites: violence and aspirations. It is like a book that holds erasure and information that sleeps close to each other.
Wandering/Wondering II Installation shot Medium: Gouache on Archival Paper and Overhead Size of the painting:33’’x46’’ Year:2024
These images do not speak about the didactic transferral of any information, but rather a shared humanness. An image punctured establishes a tangible dialogue between the surface, fragments and the body. As they become a directory of repetitive gestures, like thoughts, they raise the question of how many layers of absence can be traced.