“Forgetting doesn’t hurt at all, but still, it is good to remember.
Remembering contains all the reasons both for joy and for sorrow, and they are often the same. ”

- Miljenko Jergović, Historijska čitanka

Inheritance, the first chapter of Evidence of Existence, includes personal creative research, exploreing themes of identity, memory, labor practices, and the human condition. Evidence of Existence illustrates the edifice of memory and invites the viewer to examine the vestiges of relationships and emotions, as well as the opposing viewpoints in our family history that plant the formation of personal identity. Works in this series include staged narratives that consider the structure of personal identity through an investigation into the significance between place and memory, and the relationship of grief and loss. This inquiry into memories of family and place present challenges for the viewer to imagine what is authentic and/or invented. Evidence of Existence addresses these key aspects of the human condition by exploring the experience of familial relationships, the impression of memory, and the impact of grief.

*All images shot on 120 Kodak Portra with a Hasselblad 500cm / drum scanned / archivally printed. Exhibition scale is 24x24”