
Memory Absence
Synopsis
A video performance exploring absence, the mechanisms of memory and its permanence. A meditative contemplation of the concept of "ambiguous loss", an experience that involves a sense of profound absence, leading to grief that can be confusing, lonely, and difficult to resolve. What’s memory? What happens when we lose something important? What’s left of us?
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