See, Glance, Stare

2026
Three-layer silk projection installation with sound

See, Glance, Stare translates the eye from an emotional organ into part of a larger natural order. Referencing the mythic logic of Zhulong (Torch Dragon), whose opening and closing eyes bring day and night into being, the work approaches visibility as a triggered condition rather than a constant state. When the eye opens, the space is allowed to appear; when it closes, information withdraws and the room returns to darkness.

Three layers of silk hang from ceiling to floor, creating a translucent depth through which an enlarged eye appears in a loop. With each opening, light and sound briefly animate the room; with each blink, the image drops back into black. The installation places the viewer inside a quiet mechanism that grants and withdraws legibility, shifting the world between two modes: readable and unreadable, day and night.

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