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Presence/Presents, or Lack of; 2017. 29 x 11 cm. scotch whiskey container, cigar box cedar sheets, plastic packaging from box of handkerchiefs, old clothes.



It's about people, stuff, or time, and calculating actual value by subtraction...what was once there, giving or not being given, missing or not missing you...
the negative space.



gifts from Charles - the cardboard container from a bottle of Aberlour scotch whiskey and cedar sheets from cigar boxes



It's also about the container - that which holds it all together, to be held.


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4 comments:

  1. Paula Kovarik01 August, 2017 14:54

    Brilliant. Love the insert at the bottom and the juxtaposition of materials.

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  2. Sharon Havelka01 August, 2017 18:37

    Thanks, wasn't sure if the concept outweighed the object's simplicity, but its all something i think about. Especially with Samuel leaving now and how his presence subtracts from our family centre. And then material stuff. After our house burned down you realize how many things you can live without. And also time, how stacks of memory simultaneously overlay the present moment, or how time flies really fast.

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    1. Sharon Havelka05 August, 2017 00:09

      Of course i mean, "how his lack* of presence subtracts from our family center"

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  3. Sharon Havelka01 August, 2017 19:57

    The insert is a cushion...to soften it all

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