In her new solo exhibition, Inured to Pain - Acostumbrada al dolor, Ana Armengod gives her unflinching attention to a phenomenon of quiet annihilation. The exhibition at Persons Unknown features Se Prendió Candela, a super 8 mm film/installation shot in San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. The film delves into the untold stories of women who self immolate as a form of suicide, intertwined with the artist’s own embodied encounter, illuminating the silent act of self-immolation as both rupture and resistance. The film is made in anonymity to protect the women who entrusted their experiences. Paired with hand wrought aluminum matchboxes and cindered mixed media works, the film is presented as installation and experience. The audience invited to bear witness with the same care and sensitivity as Armengod. To witness is to grieve, and to grieve is to love. Can we ever be inured to the pain of that love? Should we? Ana Armengod is a Mexican multidisciplinary artist from Mazatlán, Sinaloa, currently based in Philadelphia, PA. Working across film, illustration, sculpture, writing, installation, and sound, she creates pieces that explore the emotional residue of trauma, the unraveling of loss and the quiet violence of memory. Her practice gives weight to pain and the overlooked, tracing how these raw, often invisible fractures can shape our current experiences.