Images of people around the world reacting in horror were collected for years from internet news sources, then heavily manipulated, isolated, resized and digitally re-painted, focusing on the face as a reflection of the event.

As a comment on the domestication of our reaction to horror as mere spectators, the images were returned via the internet to a site for personalized items in order to be printed on 'heirloom' plates, where usually images of the happy family, pets and corporate logos appear. The ceramic plates also create a tension through their fragility, as though the reactions they contain might shatter them.