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Filmmaker Ariella Khan, left, watches as a memory stick containing her short film burns after it was screened in front of an audience for the “Destroy Your Art” event at Music Box Theatre on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.
An audience watches filmmaker Michael Glover Smith’s short film before it is destroyed during the “Destroy Your Art” event on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.
Filmmaker Ines Sommer uses a blowtorch to burn a memory stick containing her short film after it was screened in front of an audience for the “Destroy Your Art” event at Music Box Theatre on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.
An audience member covers her face from the smell of burnt plastic from torched memory sticks containing the contents of short films during the “Destroy Your Art” event at Music Box Theatre on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.
A projector illuminates smoke created by burnt plastic from torched memory sticks containing the contents of short films during the “Destroy Your Art” event at Music Box Theatre on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.
Filmmaker Michael Glover Smith speaks about his experience in creating a short film for the “Destroy Your Art” event.
Jack Newell, left, and Rebecca Fons welcomes the audience for the “Destroy Your Art” event where filmmakers screen, then destroy, their short films in front of an audience at Music Box Theatre on Sept. 26, 2023, in Chicago.