This work depicts a small glass vial rendered with subtle luminosity, suggesting an attempt to preserve something inherently transient. The label, “Atmospheric Sample — Mixed Provenance,” proposes a specimen drawn from shared air rather than from a single place or event.

The Archive of Breath considers how containers and records shape our understanding of what can be held, measured, or remembered. Though the vial appears empty, its faint internal glow—lifted by touches of gold pigment—implies the presence of something that resists material capture. Within The Museum of Lost Evidence, the piece acknowledges the limits of collecting itself, inviting attention to forms of evidence that are diffuse or invisible yet central to sustaining life.

The full context of the series begins with The Broken Compass.