While It Burns

Year | 2025

Medium | Mixed Media (Found Object (Carpet), Acrylic Paint, Acrylic Sheet, Performance)

Size | 15.7 L x 15.7 W x 2.3 H in

Additional Details | “While It Burns” explores the psychological phenomenon of normalcy bias. By sculpting fire with heated acrylic sheets, I materialized the issues that we deliberately ignore. The juxtaposition of the serene reader with the jagged flames criticizes modern society, in which we are often more comfortable sitting through the uncomfortable crisis than taking the initiative to extinguish it.