The work looks at sunlight, heat and their destructive and creative forces. It takes a brief reference from Nosferatu, where the vampire succumbs to sunlight.

The growing global heat crisis led us to think about volcanoes as hidden and unpredictable forces beneath the Earth’s surface. The eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, which caused the “year without a summer” in 1816, forms a historical backdrop to the emergence of stories such as Dracula and Frankenstein. Volcanic eruptions become a metaphor for desire, intimacy and transformation; forces that can create, destroy and spread.

A dog observes the scene from the other side of the room, moving between wakefulness and sleep. When awake, subtle changes in its eyes suggest a gradual loss of vision.