Raw Light

Raw Light is an immersive installation that confronts the psychological residue embedded in the objects that surround us—those that haunt, hurt, and help shape our identity. Centered in the space is a cube of synthetic “skin,” exposed yet contained, surrounded by hanging red cellophane—its transparency and fragility a veil that both reveals and obscures. The atmosphere is thick with a sense of memory and discomfort.

In the corner, a dilapidated chair glows under the oppressive weight of red light. Perched nearby is a doll—weathered, uncanny—its presence more spectral than comforting. These objects are not props; they are witnesses, stand-ins, and echoes of familial trauma, domestic unrest, and personal history.

This work invites viewers to reflect on the inanimate companions of our lives—the ones that stay long after people leave. It asks what it means to be shaped by spaces and things, and how grief, identity, and memory are often coded into the material world around us. Nothing in this space is passive; everything is watching.