NIKA VEY

Berlin — 14

Archive / Signal

Archive

Four viewing temperatures. The pictures stay the same. The room they sit in does not.

Archive Signal / Colour temperature / 35 frames

The work as it was lit. Saturation left on. Keys 1–4 switch signals.

Studio portrait in cobalt gel, hair wet to the skull, black sweater.01.01 / 2025Round sunglasses and earmuffs catching pink and cyan light.01.02 / 2025Oversized white shirt and amber glasses against a pale wall.01.03 / 2025Wide-brim hat and navy jacket in a turquoise interior.01.04 / 2025Fur hat, leopard knit, a hand held to the face.01.05 / 2025Profile portrait washed in magenta and teal gel, braid held in one hand.02.01 / 2025Dusk portrait, striped shirt, eyes held just off camera.02.02 / 2025Studio headshot with wet hair and a quiet mouth.02.03 / 2025Open-sky portrait, hair moving, no instruction left in the face.02.04 / 2025Close portrait, dark studio, hair across one eye.02.05 / 2025Cantilevered white housing block against a hard sky.03.01 / 2024Concrete tower catching late light, no street, no people.03.02 / 2024Brutalist volume, shadow cutting the elevation in two.03.03 / 2024Night grid of windows, warm rooms in a cold façade.03.04 / 2024Glass and concrete held as a single elevation.03.05 / 2024Sheer black blouse, hair across one shoulder, grey studio.04.01 / 2025Off-shoulder grey knit against a teal wall.04.02 / 2025Garment still: a shirt left on a chair like a person who just stood up.04.03 / 2025Hands, metal, and a short flash of jewellery.04.04 / 2025Studio fashion, pink jacket, hair across the mouth.04.05 / 2025Empty night street, tram lines, magenta and cyan shop light.05.01 / 2024Aerial city at dusk, windows starting to switch on.05.02 / 2024Blue hour waterfront, moon just above the towers.05.03 / 2024Wet street after rain, sodium light pooling in the asphalt.05.04 / 2024Night architecture as a field of small gold rooms.05.05 / 2024Menswear portrait, leather jacket, gold-rimmed lenses.06.01 / 2025Street fashion, coat in motion, face turned from the lens.06.02 / 2025Standing figure, grey knit, rusted studio wall.06.03 / 2025Close portrait, dark studio, arms folded.06.04 / 2025Black-and-white fashion still, cap and black knit.06.05 / 2025Round glasses, cinder-block wall, a tattoo on the upper arm.08.01 / 2024Close face, hair forward, looking past the camera.08.02 / 2024Seated portrait, pale hair, tiled studio wall.08.03 / 2024Direct gaze, gold at the throat, no smile requested.08.04 / 2024Round glasses, concrete behind, thought still forming.08.05 / 2024

40 photographs in the full archive.