Maps Remember, 2022
Mixed media, including two single-channel videos.

The portraits in this work depict the images of loved ones who have passed away, unexpectedly encountered by people around the world on Google Street View. These individuals are precisely located within the grid of coordinates, perhaps still watering plants in their garden, sitting by the door waiting for their children to return home, or engaging in their routine morning jog while still in good health. Such daily moments, so certain and familiar, give the impression that their warm presence remains on the most familiar paths, as if they never left.

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The images of these beloved individuals, carrying deep memories, are homogenized within the technological tools that capture them. However, due to the global, authoritative, and comprehensive collection by machines around the world, this "that-has-been" seems to be reaffirmed—becoming indisputable evidence under the powerful gaze of technology. Yet, time and death continue to permeate all things.