Transformer is honored to present Pure Peace, a storefront video installation by DMV based artist Steven Ferri, as part of DC Art All Night. Set against the city’s unprecedented moment under federal occupation — when policing in Washington, DC is placing exceptional demands on the city government, residents, police officers, and the National Guard — Pure Peace delivers its metaphor with striking poignancy.

The video depicts a toy soldier submerged in a mason jar as Amish honey is slowly poured in. As the golden liquid envelopes the figure, it overflows the jar and fills the frame, ultimately drowning out the soldier and the container itself. The work employs two contrasting symbols—the mass-produced toy soldier and the organic Amish honey—exploring the tensions between violence and pacifism, war and peace, and confrontation and surrender.

Pure Peace will be on a 24/7 continuous loop for sidewalk viewing September 13 - October 20, 2025.