In Ab·sen·tia: While the person involved is not present.
We are never truly absent even after we are gone. We always manage to leave some traces of our existence behind no matter how long or short our stay. Those pieces are more than just physical remains, they are glimpses into the lives of absent strangers who once called a particular place home. Why were these remnants discarded? What circumstances triggered these remains to become an afterthought in someone’s life? Were they simply forgotten, or were they left behind for someone else to discover? In Absentia is a study of the powerful voices that speak to the present through traces of humanity marooned long ago …