what lingers within #44/112

This series is part of the REMINISCENCE exhibition at Galerie Data (Paris), March 2025

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There are echoes in the spaces we leave behind. A chair still slanted where its owner used to lean. Shadows on the wall, where picture frames used to hang. Dust swirling in the light, like a memory struggling to take shape—half-formed, delicate, slipping away if you reach too fast.

This is how it happens. The past does not leave all at once. It fades. Quietly. Into the spaces between. A scent that remains in an old coat. The whispers of conversations past, from a room now empty. A name that lingers at the tip of your tongue, just out of reach. You forget most things in the end. But not everything. Some moments resist.

This is what lingers within, an exploration of the imprints left behind, the ghosts of emotion embedded in the places we once called home. There is a sadness to it. But of the kind that comes with warmth, with gratitude, with the understanding that even as time carries us forward, it never truly takes everything with it.

Some things remain.

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The idea of collaborating first came up in June 2024. This was the first time we decided to build something from scratch together. We sketched, explored, coded, and let ourselves get lost in the process. Many ideas emerged. Some were promising, some were quickly abandoned. Nothing felt quite right. Then came what lingers within. The moment it took shape, we knew this was it.

From that point forward, we worked day and night, fueled by the excitement of seeing it evolve. We refined the structure, letting the images breathe, allowing the compositions to echo the way memories distort and reform over time. There was an irresistible rhythm to it. A pull that kept us returning to the code, adjusting, iterating, and searching for that perfect balance between presence and absence.

Our explorations were inspired by the computational drawing works of Masaru Fujii. His approach to form and erosion, the way his lines dissolve and reassemble, resonated deeply with the both of us. The idea that something could feel both rigidly constructed and wildly impermanent at the same time.

what lingers within is an attempt to capture the intangible, the way memory shifts, softens, and distorts but never truly disappears.

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Mint 10 works to receive an A4 print on Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre 200 gsm, 100 % α-cellulose paper. Mint 15 works to receive an A4 print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305 gsm, 100% cotton paper.

Prints include worldwide shipping and a plotted thank-you note signed by both artists.

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0xbenj & Rob Scalera | 2025