“Balloon Face II” is an image from my ongoing series “Memory Does Not Belong Here”, which began during a prolonged period of adjustment after moving. Although daily life appeared stable, it remained internally unresolved. The image presents a figure whose face is partially obscured by an inflated balloon. The gesture is ordinary yet slightly misplaced, creating a quiet, surreal tension. Soft, fragile, and out of scale, the balloon disrupts the logic of the body and suspends the figure between visibility and concealment. This ambiguity reflects an in-between state, where familiar reference points loosen, and meaning does not fully settle. Rather than suggesting movement or arrival, the image remains with a moment of pause, allowing uncertainty to persist. The work is made using the mordançage process, in which the photographic surface is chemically lifted and eroded. This material instability echoes the image’s fragility, mirroring how memory and identity behave in transition—fragmented, uneven, and resistant to closure.