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Lasercut
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By cutting open the visual of a body, I allow it to release tension that is stored and hidden in the depths of it. It is taking the most vulnerable parts of ourselves and making them visible on the surface in order to process them and not be controlled by them anymore.
The process of writing releases the weight of feelings, allows them to drift away, as they are taken from the mind and stored on an external storage space.
The process of writing releases the weight of feelings, allows them to drift away, as they are taken from the mind and stored on an external storage space.
Lasercutting process
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Notebook scans
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A part of my process of dealing with grief in all forms is memorised and manifested in these journal entries, accumulating years of goodbyes, letting go, heartbreak, anger, and the need to liberate myself from all these feelings by going directly through them. I selected the most vulnerable and transformational of these words of my endless self-growth and healing journey to layer them over the monoprints as a visualisation of my intimacy.
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The process of lasercutting into the fabric allowed me to engrave my handwritten words on a large scale, making them come alive on a moving surface rather than stay hidden in my notebook. The placement of the words corresponds to which importance and weight they have in which areas of my body, where the more burdensome lines often lay closer to the bottom, like a feeling sinking down slowly in your limbs, making you feel heavy.
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