The Communards’ Wall (Mur
des Fédérés), Paris France, 2015. Digital
scan of 35mm C-41 film
Helene Weigel-Brecht and
Bertolt Brecht. Berlin Germany, 2015. Digital
scan of 35mm C-41 film
Antonio Gramsci, Rome Italy, 2015. Digital
scan of 35mm C-41 film
The Berlin Wall, Berlin Germany, 2015. Digital scan of C-41 filmThe Berlin Wall, Berlin Germany, 2015. Digital scan of C-41 film
Dead Europe
Hauntology, a concept first introduced by philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1993 work Specters of Marx, refers to the lingering presence of a future that never arrived—the haunting of lost potential and unfulfilled possibilities. It describes how the past continues to cast its shadow over the present, blocking the emergence of new futures. Derrida’s idea focused on the notion that history is full of unfinished business and that the future is shaped by the ghostly traces of past events and ideas.
For British cultural critic, Mark Fisher, hauntology was not just about nostalgia but about the sense that the future itself has been "forgotten" or "stolen"—leaving us in a state of cultural and imaginative paralysis.
This series documents sites that are reminders of those stolen futures.