Making Absence

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Making Absence

2012
Graphite rubbing on paper

To document the process of digging a hole in my studio floor, graphite rubbings were made of the surface. As the hole grew, so did the paper - preserving the proportions of hole to surface texture.

These drawings both describe the digging and deny the hole that results.