In Ground Zero, Sahil Naik creates modelled replications of familiar locations and subjects them to handmade improvised miniature explosions, thereby destroying the model he originally made. Slipping barely perceptibly between video of the real studio, with people walking about it in, video of the destruction of the scale model, and the physical presence of the destroyed model in the exhibition space, the work pushes at the logic of conventional structures of evidence.

The work reflects on the vulnerability of our everyday spaces against the way we usually imagine terror being at a distance from us. In a time when deepfakes are causing political disruption, and with our increasing comfort viewing, sharing, and disseminating images of violence, the remains of the studio may be a site from which to rethink the roles we play as witnesses.