3/4 What you see is a forced whole.
It was never meant to be complete.
These pieces should have been kept or sent. The work is shaped by fragments you’ll find throughout
They Dodge and We Burn is a series of photographs exploring how memory shifts over time. Through hours of dodging and burning; a photographic technique, I worked to ease the tension of constant remembering while writing my thesis. This process caused the images’ pixels to glitch and distort, suggesting the instability of memory. Installed as a family’s anatomy, the layered photos on racks form a fragile whole, inspired by the meeting of photos and flowers each time families visit and mark mass graves.
Make sure that when this letter reaches you, you buy a few flowers, give them to Mom, and say they’re from both you and me, okay? Please, do this for me.
My nightmares came true. Right? Maybe it would have been better if you had told me the truth.
You know, when I was little, I made a snowman and gently placed it on a tray on the heater at night.
When I woke up in the morning, my snowman was gone.
At times, it feels as if no one lives in these apartments.
I also had a little companion
I don’t know what became of it anymore.
Cross out this part after you've read it, only you should know about it. Okay? You promised.
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