2025
This thesis looks at how short and fragile human life is, especially when measured against the quiet, lasting presence of the spaces and objects left behind. Ordinary rooms, chairs, telephones, and doorways persist long after the hands that touched them fade, turning mundane belongings into silent witnesses of disappearing lives. It explores that strange contrast: people change, grow old, and eventually vanish, while their things around us often remain unchanged, holding on to traces of their presence. The concept weighs the fragile “now” of human existence against the steadfast backdrop of objects and spaces, tracing how the past lingers in worn objects, even as the people who used them vanish. These objects become emotional witnesses, carrying memories we might otherwise forget. The work portrays how ordinary spaces and worn objects can hold meaning far beyond their function. This thesis honors the quiet tension between what fades and what endures.