
AFTERLIFE: ACTS OF PROVISION
Afterlife, Acts of Provision examines the persistence of care after loss. Structured as three gestures —
I — What I Could Not Give You,
II — What You Once Gave Me, and
III — What Remains Between Us
The series re-stages paper offerings as acts of continued provision. Photographed in isolation, these fragile forms exist between presence and absence. They reflect a child’s enduring impulse to provide, where care no longer reaches the body, but continues across distance, memory, and time.

What I Could Not Give You.
What I could not give you then,
I offer now in paper.

What You Once Gave Me.
I remember what you liked.
I set it down carefully.

What Remains Between Us.
I keep your place, though you no longer arrive.
AFTERLIFE: ACTS OF PROVISION
Some acts of love do not end.
They only change form.
Bene Tan
2026