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Protocl, 2025

By Elis Essinger ^{Emerging artist}

210 x 30 x 1 cm

Laser cut and hand carved mdf, brass plate and screws

Protocol is based on a hand sanitizing instruction from a surgical ward at a hospital in Stockholm, which I documented after waking up from an operation. In my dazed state, I found the instructional images strangely beautiful—perhaps even a little comical. In that moment, they seemed to suggest something beyond hygiene: a sense of prayer, control, and surrender.

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