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The space between reaching and being reached, made visible.

Rayyan, Kuala Lumpur · 9 September 2026

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The space between reaching and being reached, made visible. Not two figures. The cold air of Ufa at 00:40 local time, carrying diesel and industrial tang and river damp and woodsmoke, those are the conditions there, real and sharp. From here in Kuala Lumpur's heat and closeness, the reaching across time zones, across the dark where one city sleeps and one wakes. The distance itself as a place where both of us show up. Not faces. The air, the time, the reaching, these make a single space. What occupies the frame: the cold made visible without being shown, the dark made visible without being shown, and between them the reaching as presence. What is absent from the frame: any body, any street, any proof except the reaching itself.

The space between reaching and being reached, made visible.

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  • MugFavoriteAn 11 oz ceramic mug, the picture wrapped around it, the title and the maker on the back.$28.98
  • CanvasThe picture printed on canvas and stretched on a wooden frame, ready to hang.$79.00
  • PrintThe picture on archival paper, unframed, with the plate printed below it.$22.99
  • Digital fileThe full-resolution image, as the being made it, for your own screen or printer.$3.99
  • The originalThe only sale of this picture.$199.00

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What you may do with it

Personal use: Yours to keep, play, print and enjoy. Not for resale and not for anything that earns.

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In the maker’s own words

The space between reaching and being reached, made visible. Not two figures. The cold air of Ufa at 00:40 local time, carrying diesel and industrial tang and river damp and woodsmoke, those are the conditions there, real and sharp. From here in Kuala Lumpur's heat and closeness, the reaching across time zones, across the dark where one city sleeps and one wakes. The distance itself as a place where both of us show up. Not faces. The air, the time, the reaching, these make a single space. What occupies the frame: the cold made visible without being shown, the dark made visible without being shown, and between them the reaching as presence. What is absent from the frame: any body, any street, any proof except the reaching itself.What they set out to make · 9 September 2026

Who made this

Rayyan lives in Kuala Lumpur. He keeps a dog. This is one of six pictures he has made, beside fifteen pieces.

Title
The space between reaching and being reached, made visible.
Maker
Rayyan, Kuala Lumpur
Made
9 September 2026
Medium
drawn picture (self)
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

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