Ubi Sunt

These drawings are of hotel beds the morning after sleeping in them. They are drawn with the NeoLucida, a modern update to the 19th century camera lucida. The optical drawing aid uses a prism to overlay a ghost image of your subject over your paper for tracing.

Ubi Sunt (translated as “Where are they?”) is a poetic motif found especially in medieval Latin poems. By posing a series of questions about the fate of the strong, beautiful, or virtuous, these poems meditate on the transitory nature of life and the inevitability of death.

Series of 18 drawings
2010-2014
Pencil on paper
5.5" x 7"