NightButterflies

Night Butterflies is a video work consisting of two back-to-back projections and a separate soundtrack. Each element runs out of sync, forming a shifting composition of image and sound. Both projections portray processes of repair, offering contrasting views on perception and memory.

The first shows a cataract operation—removing the clouded lens of the eye, a cause of vision impairment. A sharp surgical tool cuts into the tissue, extracting the damaged parts. The footage, precise yet difficult to watch, provokes discomfort and highlights the body’s vulnerability. Restoring sight becomes a metaphor for confronting obscured perception.

The second projection presents a slow act of retouching: a fine, ink-covered brush removes white spots from a silver photograph. This meditative process repairs the image by filling in what is missing—an attempt to recover what has faded or fragmented.

A spoken text accompanies the projections, reflecting on the subjectivity of memory and the impossibility of rendering it as a single, objective truth. Night Butterflies explores memory as something that resists full recovery—shaped by time, perspective, and the limits of perception.