TARA HOLMES

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You Were Never Here, 2023-2024

Is a reference to the Google Maps feature to opt into the removal of visual information potentially threatening to ones safety. Homes, license plates and mailboxes are able to be removed if prompted. Mimics Google Maps "Report a Problem" blur tool feature of removing selected information through a family photo archive that hasn't been online before. Each image and placement of the erasure comments on the complexity of once-connective relationships to people, places, and things no longer bound in that fleeting moment. Questioning how information online shape our memories? 

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