THE SHELL OF WHAT I AVOIDED presents a hand towel dispenser suspended high above the viewer, from which a long textile ribbon extends down to the floor and beyond. The ribbon unfolds a narrative of constant giving, of enduring an exhaustion depression, and of the regret that comes with neglecting one’s own needs.

The work transforms the utilitarian dispenser into a vessel of memory and burden, its endless textile loop evoking cycles of depletion and the quiet persistence of care that continues despite collapse. The unreachable height of the object suggests both distance and estrangement, turning an everyday device into a monument of endurance.

As part of a larger installation of seven towel dispensers, THE SHELL OF WHAT I AVOIDED becomes one voice in a polyphonic arrangement, each element pointing to different facets of exhaustion, survival, and the fragile negotiation between self-preservation and self-denial.