In a deeply personal two-part work, Come Back even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream articulates the visceral emotions of grief in which the profoundly painful collides with the everyday whirring.
Fragmented notes, collated over six years describe the slow percolation and gradual immersion of holding a tyrant of emotions: darkness, vulnerability, memory and light. Accompanying the text is a constellation of collages that fit together to form a map of kinds. Resembling a relic album strewn with debris, the images come together to reveal the rituals and traditions observed in the aftermath of death, as well as the lingering residues entrenched throughout the body.
Come Back even as a Shadow, Even as a Dream is an act of resilience. Through elements of text and collage, the work emphasises the tensions between cultural mourning practices and the raw, tangible experiences of life, death, and grief; offering a reflection on the complexities of loss and remembrance.
Archival images, India ink, gouache, palladium, Perspex and gloss Polaroid print on cut out BFK Rives paper, overall dimensions 118 x 120 cm
With 12 panels comprised of text, palladium and perspex on archival giclée print, each 21 x 29.7 cm
