The absence of presence in the every day


https://charlotteemilyfineart.myblog.arts.ac.uk/2014/10/30/absence-of-presence-in-the-every-day-2/


In my exploration of hair, I was noticing hair in every day settings more than before, which led me onto noticing how pieces of hair are left in sometimes weird places (on food, on a shower door). 

This brought me onto the idea of human interactions with the every day. For example a coffee cup stain, a strand of hair on the floor, a scuff on the wall

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