The handwritten letter is a symbol of physical absence and mental nearness between people. It is emotionally loaded; why else is it treasured in boxes or burned in anger? In this work the "letter" operates as a metaphorical bridge between the present and an idealized place of the past.
The collage is a technique, which is quite similar to the act of remembering: Papers and pictures are combined, separated and jointed together again - a violating and healing process at the same time, like the suturation of a wound.
This letter is one of 50 more letters.

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