In Absentia’s virtual presence fuses natural and ancient materials and symbols with the phygital realm. Within this convergence, two crystal-glass figures rise from an Ionic stone column and lean in but do not touch. Translucent and reflective, the text-number-symbols curve to form an incomplete arch. These glass glyphs oscillate between states of being, at once individual and collective, human and spirit, mind and body, present and absent, a split personality, a perfect coupling, sparring partners and sovereign states in debate or accord.

Carving matter as material, the sculpture touches lightly on the Earth. Large-scale yet feather-weight, the structure defies physics and gravity while relying on their propositions to articulate form. The centred void acts as a keystone, without which arched structures would fall. The composition’s faint existence accentuates dematerialisation just as the human imagination and body begin to trust it is physically there.

Activated by audiences using mobile technology, In Absentia manifests as endless multiples and is experienced individually and collectively at large scale in 3D in physical space and time. Activated sequentially in sites of special meaning, each chapter of In Absentia builds a meta-narrative examining translucent origins, open systems, and shifting truths.