Absence is a sculptural installation of ephemera and stories exploring this emotional theme of absence. Absence is bittersweet, it’s felt poignantly when exits happen, and it often endures for longer than the time that was spent with the person who has gone. To counteract or comfort feelings of absence, we often hold onto the traces and artifacts that are left behind in the wake of a change.

The installation consists of collected objects representing the lingering traces of absence felt by three different people and a recounting of their three individual experiences.

In my emotional synesthesia absence is consistent with a yellow-gold. It feels like something forgotten, left behind, and filled with a quiet yearning. Absence calls attention to simple objects that act as emotional vessels, carrying our experiences, our memories, and passing time.