


A sunken vat in a black floor, filling the bottom third of the frame, its surface a flat matte dark disc with a coppery skin on it. Everything else in the room is solid black with no detail in it at all. One woman kneels at the rim, naked, bent forward with both arms into the vat past the elbow, her back one long curve, her head down. One high window lights only her back. Camera directly above the vat, looking down. sharp focus