The Empty Circle presents "Thanatosis," Daniel Kukla's solo exhibition exploring preservation versus loss. Drawing from biology, Kukla questions how scientific practices contain nature's impermanence. Works include pierced photographs with coral fragments, marbled intestine sculptures, and fabric cyanotypes. A velvet-shrouded self-portrait holding a tiger skull questions visibility and authority. Paper marbling contrasts with rigid Victorian patterns on specimens, creating a visual language where preservation inevitably transforms what it attempts to maintain.
