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codified absence
sound poem, 2022 – ongoing
sound poem, 2022 – ongoing
codified absence is composed entirely of text found in and erased from the pages of the Schengen Borders Code (SBC), the legal framework governing border control and border crossing within the Schengen area.
The SBC outlines the conditions of entry for third-country nationals and establishes procedures for surveillance and regulation at external and internal borders.
The SBC spans fifty-two pages, divided into four titles, each subdivided into chapters and articles. The aim of codified absence is to erase through the entire document.
By selectively removing text, codified absence draws attention to patterns, repetitions, and silences within the document. Meaning gathers in fragments, pauses, and the words that resurface. Erasure, therefore, is a kind of digging.
codified absence is co-created by Katarina and Vincent Damiani.
Concept & composition: Katarina Gotic, Vincent Damiani
Voice: Katarina Gotic Damiani
Sound design: Vincent Damiani