N I S H M I

Afterburn (2026) is a silent video installation presented across 6 CRT monitors. Each screen shows the combustion of a different object: a matchbox, a lighter, a 1935 love postcard, a miniature airplane, a thermometer, and a testosterone gel sachet. The duration of each video corresponds to the time required for its object to burn completely. Short excerpts from the combustion are repeated in continuous loops, undergoing successive cycles of digital compression. With each repetition, the images gradually lose definition, shifting attention from the burning objects toward the images themselves. As the objects lose their physical form, their digital representations become increasingly detached from their original referents, opening up possibilities beyond their initial configuration. Once an object is fully consumed, its screen turns red. When all 6 screens have reached this state, the installation restarts. 

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Exhibited at "Mutable Subjects" - Berlin, Germany (2026)​​

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