Nina Yuen creates associative and playful video works which are a combination of performance and collage, connecting personal and collective memory. In 'Joan', the artist draws a connection between the biography of Joan of Arc – the French heroine who was burned at the stake on the accusation of heresy at the alleged age of 19 – and the voluntary death of moths flying into light bulbs, quoting the poem 'The Lesson of the Moth' by Don Marquis. Illustrated with images of burning moths, a cut-out woman and the artist enacting Joan of Arc, this film is a poetic reflection on the fragility and meaning of life: “it is better to be happy / for a moment / and be burned up with beauty / than to live a long time / and be bored all the while”...