P R E S E N C E  O F 

A B S E N C E 

\ 2021 -

Presence of Absence is a mixed-media documentary art work about memory, loss and transformative renewal. I explore manifestations of loss in uncanny entanglements between human and non-human entities through unstable temporalities of photography. I challenge and extend temporal and epistemological boundaries by recalling memory of emotional truths and ineffable experiences. Some works are autobiographical while others result from collaborations with around thirty people in Lapland over 2022-24 on written stories, photographs, films, paintings and sound recordings.

Entanglements - 1-11. Silver gelatin prints. Also a series of 11 x 6min films.

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Site-specific Installations - 2 x 3m PVC prints.

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Brent Aitken, 1984/2024

Silver gelatin prints/Animation, UK, 2024

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