Embers / Braci: between fire and memory
At Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, the exhibition "Embers / Braci" by Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthélémi transforms traces of durational performances into a suspended landscape of drawing, rhythm, memory, and combustion. Developed from the 2024 performances "Fire x Fire – Ignition" and "Fire x Fire – Combustion" at La Pop and Monnaie de Paris, the show features monumental charcoal drawings that retain the volatility of their making. A powerful three-hour live opening performance, with Barthélémi on drums and Chopra drawing in real time, created an immersive, ritualistic experience where sound and gesture merged into a single continuous flow, evoking themes of construction and collapse, presence and disappearance.