A Domestic Image of Preemption is a multimedia installation by Helene Kazan that sets the ordinary image of the domestic space against a complex conceptual framework of preemption.Bringing together under one roof, a sequence of interacting moving images. The films are made using a unique methodology by extracting visual information captured in a single archive photograph. The domestic scene depicted in each image is reproduced to re-enact a potential event. The slow moving works reveal the conditions inside the home as it transforms, exposing the approach of a catastrophic breaking point, and creating a narrative around how and why the...