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The View from Here   

Resin, acrylic, vintage photos, wood

22.86 x 21.59 x 38.1 cm (9 x 8.5 x 15 in)

The concrete reads as a marker.

It is meant to.

The head above it is clear but not empty. Photographs are suspended inside, fragments of lives already receding. They cannot be handled. They cannot be reassembled.

Two slender rods extend from the eyes, defining the direction of sight. They measure what can still be seen.

The work does not suggest escape. The head is already aligned with the stone.

It suggests something else: that even when the end becomes visible, the act of looking persists.

Note

The cement was poured last.

Every element had already been set, the resin head cast, the rods positioned. There was no second attempt available. The resin could not be formed around the rods afterward, so the foundation had to be committed to at the end.

If the cement failed to hold, the entire structure would have been lost.

There was no way to test it without risking it.

The weight rests on what cannot be seen.
The piece stands because something hidden set properly.