Trace of Combustion IV — Collapse is the fourth work in a five-part sequence that follows the transformation of fireworks from combustion to afterimage.
In this work, the structure of light begins to break apart. The image no longer holds a stable center or circular order. Lines of gold and white appear to loosen, scatter, and fall away, as if the form that had briefly emerged can no longer sustain itself.
The work focuses on the moment when light loses its coherence. What was once energy, movement, and structure becomes fragmentation. Through long exposure and intentional camera movement, the firework is not fixed as a completed image, but shown in the process of undoing itself.
Following Void, this work moves from absence toward collapse. The center has already disappeared; now the surrounding traces also begin to dissolve. The image suggests that disappearance is not a sudden ending, but a gradual process in which form breaks down into residue, memory, and darkness.
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.”
