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This work was part of an immersive exhibition of new works in October, 2025, titled In the Company of Paintings.
Exhibition Description:
You arrive into light.
Her flame is slower, deliberate—smoke rising with ceremony. The phosphorous powder burns too fast to repeat, but long enough to sanctify the frame and consecrate the moment. You feel seen, not seized. It is witness, not ambush.
Then the bulbs strike. Harsh, instantaneous, flooding the stairwell with white. The first flare felt singular; now it multiplies, relentless, repeating you into something you never agreed to. The image isn’t yours anymore.
The old ritual dies in brilliance and leaves only smoke—something happened on the day it died. What replaces it is colder: privacy stripped and presence transformed into spectacle. The lens doesn’t just capture you; it exposes you. And as the light blinds, you know the ceremony of phosphorous won’t return.
