Not Here
White paint on asphalt; Site-specific installation
On a quiet two-way country road, the words “NOT HERE” appear in crisp white letters—an assertion, a denial, a question suspended in space. Placed at a point of passage, the phrase shifts meaning with direction and intent: to one traveler, it cautions; to another, it beckons.
This work transforms a fleeting stretch of asphalt into a site of reflection, where language and landscape intersect. The simple command unsettles the certainty of place, prompting viewers to consider how meaning travels, how belonging is drawn and erased, and how a phrase as brief as “Not Here” can open a vast terrain of thought about presence, absence, and the elusive idea of arrival.