Codified Absence, 2024 Sound poem and animation Duration: 7 min 20 sec
Artists“codified absence” is a sound poem composed from the pages of the Schengen Borders Code (SBC), the legal framework regulating border control and surveillance within the Schengen area. Using the technique of poetic erasure—where words are removed rather than written—the work examines the ideological structures that lie beneath the European border regimes. Composed during a time of personal bureaucratic turmoil, 'codified absence' reflects on the poetics of border-regulatory language, as well as the quiet relief of watching it disappear.