Felt Presence 2023
UV print on vacuum-formed PETG
This is a series of experiments that began when I sketched a map of my aunt's house in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. I created a wooden model using the laser cutter from memory, and then vacuum formed the model. The second vacuum formed model is UV printed with the new map of my aunt's neighborhood from Google Maps. Vaccuum forming this map led to creating topographic contours where the plastic cracked, indicating the presence of the past layout of the neighborhood, mapping its change as felt and visceral. As I peeled off the plastic, I also damaged the wooden model, echoing the gaps in my own memory and the gashes that these changes leave.
