Burn unfolds as a sequence of mundanely melodramatic domestic vignettes from the suburbs. The home environment is spontaneously ablaze. The inhabitants appear to carry on as normal, but their stilted quotidian rituals— eating a sandwich, sitting and reading the newspaper, laying in bed—become asphyxiated, communication limited, expression difficult, all betraying an underlying malaise and unease that permeates everyday existence, usually invisible, here reified and tangible.
“Burn is a stunning evocation of those unspoken, those secrets, worries and lies, forming a force which is always a part of the fabric of everyday interactions; at first niggling at the edges, then – provoked by a word or a gesture – suddenly searing through everything and everyone in its path”. Belinda McKeon, The Irish Times

Reynold Reynolds (b. 1966) lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he studied under Carl Wieman (Physics Nobel Laureate, 2001). Changing his focus to studio art he remained two more years in Boulder to study under experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage. After moving to New York City Reynolds completed an M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts. He is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. He has been awarded both the Rome Prize (2013) and the Berlin Prize (2004). His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (New York) and has been shown in numerous biennales including the 4th Berlin Biennale and the 3rd Moscow Biennale.