Twilight I (2015-2019)

Twilight I (2015–2019) This series is centered on the hours of dawn and dusk in New York — moments when the city softens into a suspended state. Chervine uses the fleeting light to magnify the subtle hues of buildings and the unexpected bursts of color: the flash of a pink coat, a patterned dress, a tilted hat. The city streets become theatrical stages where everyday passersby turn into actors of their own silent play. A briskly walking woman, a couple passing without acknowledgment, a man confronting his reflection in a shop window — these figures don’t pose, they simply exist, momentarily caught in an atmosphere of tension and fragility. Silhouettes often appear from behind, or faces are partly consumed by shadow, allowing viewers to project their own narratives into the images. Light in these works is never a backdrop but a protagonist: a sidewalk slashed with brightness, a deserted window bathed in glow. Emptiness here is charged, not absence but a poetic tension — a reminder of time’s fragility. The city appears spectral, filled with ghostlike presences and fleeting fragments of memory. .