While It Burns (2024)

19.2 x 63.3 x 23.6 | Carpet, Acrylic Sheet, Wooden tiles

While it Burns is an extension from Uncomfortable Table, satirizing how people ignore the obvious problems right in front of them. I laid a sheet of clear acrylic, cut in the shape of spreading flames, across the carpet. From a distance, the space looks normal, and a figure sits reading nonchalantly. I wanted to stage the feeling of, “Everyone can see this is bad, and still no one moves.” The clear acrylic “flames” represent the emergencies we publicly downplay — ecological collapse, harm, exploitation — until the damage becomes personal. It’s not about panic imagery; it’s about how calmly we stand next to risk and call it fine.