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Michelle Saffran
Shared Inhabitation:
Reconciling a Past that Didn't Remember Me
Shared Inhabitiation speaks to my sense of dislocation that happened when I visited my childhood home for the first time in decades. As I stood in my once home I realized that, despite my emotional attachment to the house, it had remained steadfast in its indifference to me; ignoring both my presence and absence. This house, and my experiences within, underpins everything that came later in my life. Yet as entwined as we were, the house had gone on to have an identity and life that had no relationship to me. For me, this place will always remain what it has always been, my home, but this only exists in my mind. The house held no indication I was ever there. How can it be that something so powerful in my own development retained no memory of me?
![Ambivalence](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_4f9d8e4359c64681b65b7537b1ad89e2~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_4f9d8e4359c64681b65b7537b1ad89e2~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Ambivalence
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Point of Attachment](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_45fd4d13eb0242cbbf65fcf692137a27~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_45fd4d13eb0242cbbf65fcf692137a27~mv2.jpg)
Point of Attachment
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Origin and Force of Home](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_a049a71026f442159daa7d9630e7209f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_a049a71026f442159daa7d9630e7209f~mv2.jpg)
Origin and Force of Home
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Selective Forgetting](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_6aa4b67a1235444c99959fda8958b05d~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_6aa4b67a1235444c99959fda8958b05d~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Selective Forgetting
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Synthesis of Time and Space](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_677a0a721ae94baf9b9fbcd5d2e9e5bb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_677a0a721ae94baf9b9fbcd5d2e9e5bb~mv2.jpg)
Synthesis of Time and Space
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Gathering Space for Rebinding](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_e2cffe32130549208594d545365bc9ca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_e2cffe32130549208594d545365bc9ca~mv2.jpg)
Gathering Space for Rebinding
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Failure of the Present](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_1b070a24d9164ee0ba4814e0a97fde4b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_1b070a24d9164ee0ba4814e0a97fde4b~mv2.jpg)
Failure of the Present
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Sentimental Tourist](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_ada0876fe48d47f9a528ac6ad82e57f4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_ada0876fe48d47f9a528ac6ad82e57f4~mv2.jpg)
Sentimental Tourist
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Dubious Understanding of Boundaries](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_3dc75b81729a4e16aa1e7623a3966d96~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_3dc75b81729a4e16aa1e7623a3966d96~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Dubious Understanding of Boundaries
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Transitional Interplay](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_6acee0dddb0242ffa67c15d48e79754c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_6acee0dddb0242ffa67c15d48e79754c~mv2.jpg)
Transitional Interplay
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Mutual Dependency of Thought and Experience](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_e3c362d6d534428b96b4ef41a0dff5c4~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_e3c362d6d534428b96b4ef41a0dff5c4~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Mutual Dependency of Thought and Experience
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Strayed From the Past](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_0f8ea55790c5449cb9cb07e41c014fde~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_0f8ea55790c5449cb9cb07e41c014fde~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Strayed From the Past
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
![Anonymity of In-Between](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/2b2d2f_d693e67190364e4798c5c215d1fac01e~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_159,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/2b2d2f_d693e67190364e4798c5c215d1fac01e~mv2_d_1800_1950_s_2.jpg)
Anonymity of In-Between
Inkjet print. 13" x 38" 2017
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