I imagined it empty by Ruth Lauer Manenti Antoine d'Agata Experiencing the return to what

Experiencing the return to what is at the core of existence – our deeply-rooted relationship with the earth

when a series of child sexual abuse allegations emerged

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Publication is accompanied by critical texts by visual culture researchers

Clarke’s story drew inspiration from Giambattista Piranesi’s Carceri d’Invenzione (“Imaginary Prisons”)

I imagined it empty by Ruth Lauer Manenti Antoine d'Agata Experiencing the return to whatI imagined It Empty was inspired by several pictures the author had taken of her mother in 2017, briefly before she passed away. My mother rarely let me photograph her except in the last week of her life when she changed her mind. Each day as she approached her death, she became more beautiful." Ruth Lauer Manenti The book is a silent and moving contemplation of life beyond life and the desire to find solace and presence within the walls of the place