Open Hearts Archive

The heart is supposed to be the most private part of our bodies, but yet is often drawn to be seen in public. Better yet, the heart as a representation of a private feeling of love is supposed to be unique to each, but has been stadiatized by a single, universal shape though history. The Open Hearts Archive collects and studies these gestures: variations of the heart as it is drawn in shared space, tracing how intimacy leaks into the public world.

Each entry contains a photograph of a heart found, a vectorised trace of its form, where it appeared, what marked it, and how it was made.