Victoria Mara Heilweil

Photographic Artist and Curator

Portfolio

So Much Was Lost

2020–2021

This past year, I have been amassing an archive of found, discarded latex gloves. These are not just trash, or visual remnants of the pandemic, but rather represent individuals. The gloves symbolize our loss — of life, of human connection, of freedom. Yet, they are not simply monuments to our pain, they are also a playful community. Greater than the sum of their parts, the gloves recognize power in numbers and our ability to creatively problem solve the myriad issues at hand.

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