What We Left Behind
Mixed-media.  Wood, Plexiglass, Paper, Vinyl, electronic components, acrylic, cardboard, thread, security camera, glitter, plastic.
 
In What We Left Behind, Law Blank delivers a richly layered, dimensional work that bridges nostalgia, migration, and the evolution of memory in an increasingly digital world. Constructed from both analog and electronic materials, this piece invites viewers into a visual dialogue between the human and the post-human, the emotional and the mechanical.
 
The composition is anchored by two physically tethered panels: on the left, a cosmic landscape rendered in hand-painted textures and cardboard reliefs, where a lone traveler in a vintage diving helmet drags a suitcase beneath a distressed golden moon—a powerful symbol of departure and longing. Behind this celestial disc, fragments of vibrant paper and glitter suggest forgotten celebrations or fading innocence.
 
To the right, a circular panel patterned in red and black evokes digital circuitry or surveillance infrastructure. Embedded within it are transparent compartments and active electronic components—including a functioning security camera—pointing to a future shaped by observation, data, and machine memory.
 
Threaded lines stretch between the two panels, forming a web of connection between past and future, analog and digital. These threads echo both the fragility of human memory and the complexity of neural or algorithmic networks.
 
What We Left Behind is not only a reflection on what we carry with us, but an invitation to consider what we choose to preserve, record, or abandon. It is an artifact of imagined futures and lost histories—simultaneously personal and planetary.