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Blanket

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"Blanket" is a look into a simple yet quite universal object, meant to offer comfort and warmth in the most vulnerable moment - during sleep. A project started from a story, where a close friend told me about their complicated childhood. That there were
days, where he slept underneath the mattress because there were no blankets to be found.

 

Influenced by the story, I started to go to online anonymous chats and ask strangers: "If you ever had to sleep without a blanket, what have you used instead of the blanket as a substitute?" Answers varied from one end to another, for some, it was just a joke, and some gave elaborate background stories to their answer. One’s answer becomes a suggestion of an individual's situation, an illustrative symbol of one's circumstance, without a specific time, location and human being.

chats

a mattress

A mattress, Blanket, LauraLaasik

i just used some jackets

your body

A Coat, Blanket, Laura Laasik

just a table cloth LoL

My girlfriend once. Also a coat before.

Unfortunately I have had to sleep without anything before

A Plastic Sheet, Blanket, Laura Laasik

I use it a lot, especially in the field of military, quicker and easier than a blanket to get mobile.

my gf

A Tatami, Blanket, Laura Laasik

a sheet

a man

i used carpet

a towel

A Friend, Blanket, Laura Laasik

covered with leaves ... and a piece of plastic

I used leaves and plastic as a survival method

leaves for insulation.. plastic to keep out the wind and water

a dog

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a pillow

I used to put hands to each other and push between legs to become warmer and sleep

A Pillow,Blanket, Laura Laasik
A Dog, Blanket, Laura Laasik

i use my feelings of lonliness

So we just lied with our spines towards each other and like heat each others backs

So my answer to your question is a friend with a warm spine 

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