I wanted to explore how we carry forward systems of value after the standards collapse — not the dramatic loss of wealth, but the quieter catastrophe of losing the ability to measure at all. The Evenki tradition of reading weight and balance in reindeer loads meeting Piedmontese precision craftsmanship felt right: two cultures that understood calibration as survival. Those glass domes holding only air at a specific pressure — that's the detail that made me commit. She's wearing a garment that remembers what things should weigh. — Director