The longest time since I have seen you (2021)
04:06 min
The longest time since I have seen you, examines loss through pre-grief when caregiving, and post-death, the final separation of body, mind, and soul. When caregiving you lose your loved one multiple times during their illness. In this work I perform the action of cleaning, in my late grandmother’s dress: my body, a mirror image of hers, scrubs the floor. Much like grief, there is no escaping its entanglement with the memory of a loved one, the action, gesture, and the embodiment of the way which they live on in us and through us.
About the Artist
Danica I. J. Knezevic lives on Dhurag Country in Western Sydney. As a performance artist Danica’s practice is led by autobiographical experiences of caregiving, using their body and actions as a metaphor to bridge the gaps between visibility and invisibility. Danica has a PhD from University of Sydney and is a contemporary art, sessional lecturer at ACU Strathfield and UTS Sydney. They have recently exhibited in ‘Caregiving, Making Meaning: Art as acts of care’ at UTS; ‘Holding Space’, Sydney College of the Arts; ‘Cinematheque’, DLUX media; ‘Critical Bodies’, Verge Gallery, Sydney; and ‘Disco Inferno’, Trocadero Melbourne.