Exhibition Introduction

2025. Single Channel Video

In this video piece, what started as a plan for a perfect exhibition introduction shifted when studio lights began falling one by one. Instead of abandoning the project, I embraced these technical challenges, creating something unexpected from necessity. The video weaves together early, blurred takes, capturing the unsteady frame before I settled--with the final moments illuminated only by a desk lamp whose base had snapped off, forcing me to hold it by hand. All footage is captured through a mirror's reflection, creating a circular, tondo-like composition that encompasses the entire studio while constraining our view to the pale, trembling glow of that single light source. The gradual descent into darkness and the handheld quality of the final illumination transform what could have been merely documentation into an exploration of adaptation and spontaneity. This accidental experimental approach reveals the unseen processes behind artistic creation, turning technical failure into aesthetic discovery.