Microscopic landscapes. Human stories.

The tear came during a moment when emotions that had been building beneath the surface suddenly became impossible to contain. In a public place, there was nowhere to withdraw and little choice but to let the moment happen. What had been held together privately became visible. The tear marked that sudden release — the vulnerability […]

The tear came from loving someone deeply while also reaching the point of having to let go. The thought of leaving had returned many times, carrying doubt, hope and the difficulty of walking away from something that still mattered. This time felt different. The love was still there, but so was the sense that the […]

The tear came during one of the darkest periods of life, when everything seemed to be falling apart and there was little to hold on to except the feeling of moving through it. But alongside that darkness, something new had already begun to emerge. Like the first signs of spring, this tear also marked a […]

One year after losing something deeply loved, the anniversary brought its absence back into focus. Time had moved forward, but the meaning of what was gone had remained. The tear came from that quiet return — from remembering with tenderness rather than shock, and feeling how something can be lost while still continuing to hold […]

A recording had quietly preserved the final moments before their first child was born. Years later, the family listened to it together for the first time, hearing voices and sounds from a day that had long since become part of their shared history. The tears came from hearing that beginning again. What had been stored […]

The disappearance of a close friend began with uncertainty and ended in loss. In the days that followed, grief found its way into a collaboration built around tears, memory and music. The tears were collected and crystallized under the microscope, becoming part of a work created in his memory. What began as a response to […]

Five years later, the memory of that period still returned with force. The pandemic had changed daily life for everyone, but within that larger silence it also held a personal loss — one that remained tied to remembrance, absence and the rituals of memorial. This tear came from that anniversary. It marked the way grief […]

This tear was collected from a very young child, in one of those moments when upset can be intense and short-lived at the same time. Held safely in the arms of her mothers, she cried with all the seriousness of childhood — only for the moment to begin changing almost immediately. As the tears were […]

This tear was collected in the aftermath of a difficult moment between two people who had grown close, but were also struggling to find their way back to one another. Anger, frustration and sadness had built up, making clear how heavy a relationship can feel when connection becomes harder to hold on to. At the […]

Five years later, the date still carried the weight of that time. Memories of the Covid period returned together with the loss of someone close, bringing back a time marked by uncertainty, distance and grief. This tear came from that return. It marked how loss can remain present long after the moment itself has passed […]