In the gray room an old slide projector plays blurred photographs that gradually form a channel in time. Deeper in, a tube chandelier modelled on Kyiv metro stations emits a ruddy glow that flickers like breathing — current passing through neon gas, expanded into warm sound. Neon comes from the sizzling past of cosmic nucleosynthesis; since 1898, from neon lights to bubble chambers to lithography machines, it has quietly participated in human history.

灰色的房间里，一架老式幻灯机自动播放着模糊的图像，这些照片在时间中逐渐形成了一个通道。继续入内，一台仿照基辅地铁站内吊灯式样的电子管吊灯发出赤色的辉光，就像胶片暗房的颜色。只是这光线不断如呼吸般闪动——电流正穿过玻璃管内的氖气，继而通过音响扩展为温暖的声音。氖来自宇宙核合成时期的炙热过往。自 1898 年起，从霓虹灯到粒子探测「气泡室」再到光刻机，氖一直静默地参与着人类的历史，正如其不间断地通过呼吸进出我们的身体。