Trace of Combustion III — Void is the third work in a five-part sequence that follows the transformation of fireworks from combustion to afterimage.
In this work, the center is not presented as a source of light, but as an absence. Around this dark opening, countless traces of gold light appear to rotate, accumulate, and dissolve. What remains is not the image of an explosion, but the structure left behind after the event has begun to disappear.
The circular form suggests motion, but its center refuses to become an object. It is a void produced by light: a place where something has happened, yet nothing can be fixed or possessed. Through long exposure and intentional camera movement, the firework is transformed from a spectacle in the sky into a field of traces surrounding an empty center.
Following Combustion and Body, this work marks a shift from energy and physical response toward absence. The firework no longer appears as a single event. It becomes a temporary structure made of time, motion, and disappearance.
The final exhibition piece will be produced as a unique work: an A1 pigment print on washi, mounted on a vertical washi support. No other piece will be produced with the same image, size, and presentation format. Depending on the architecture and atmosphere of the exhibition space, it may be presented slightly floating from the wall or suspended from above with thin wires. The installation method will be adjusted to create the strongest relationship between the work, the wall, the surrounding air, and the viewer’s body.
From the series “Trace of Combustion — Fireworks, Body, and the Afterimage of Disappearance.”
