A Sunlit Absence
Archive & Text.
2018.
During the 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland, my father was one of many who were abducted by a paramilitary organisation.
This work considers the image as an act of violence, archive as a manifestation of trauma and exposure as means of erasure. These ideas are discussed through the delicate objects I have constructed with archival photo paper and sunlight from the locations of disappearances.
This work considers the image as an act of violence, archive as a manifestation of trauma and exposure as means of erasure. These ideas are discussed through the delicate objects I have constructed with archival photo paper and sunlight from the locations of disappearances.