All the Light Reveals
All the Light Reveals
2025
2025
MFA Solo Exhibition & Thesis Project
OCAD University, Graduate Gallery, Toronto
MFA Solo Exhibition & Thesis Project
OCAD University, Graduate Gallery, Toronto
MFA Solo Exhibition & Thesis Project
OCAD University, Graduate Gallery, Toronto
IMMERSIVE-INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
IMMERSIVE-INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION
EXHIBITION DESIGN
EXHIBITION DESIGN
ART+SCIENCE
ART+SCIENCE
SPATIAL STORYTELLING
SPATIAL STORYTELLING
All the Light Reveals is an immersive, interactive exhibition exploring cosmic interconnectedness — the notion that all matter in the universe shares a common origin and remains intrinsically linked.
The project asks: how can immersive installation art, rooted in cosmic themes, invite sustained experiences of wonder?
It does not aspire to create wonder, which would be impossible, but to curate conditions that invite the possibility of it.
All the Light Reveals is an immersive, interactive exhibition exploring cosmic interconnectedness — the notion that all matter in the universe shares a common origin and remains intrinsically linked.
The project asks: how can immersive installation art, rooted in cosmic themes, invite sustained experiences of wonder?
It does not aspire to create wonder, which would be impossible, but to curate conditions that invite the possibility of it.
All the Light Reveals is an immersive, interactive exhibition exploring cosmic interconnectedness — the notion that all matter in the universe shares a common origin and remains intrinsically linked.
The project asks: how can immersive installation art, rooted in cosmic themes, invite sustained experiences of wonder?
It does not aspire to create wonder, which would be impossible, but to curate conditions that invite the possibility of it.
Spatial
Overview
Spatial Overview
Spatial Overview
"From the Cosmos to the Night Sky to the Self."
"From the Cosmos to the Night Sky to the Self."
The exhibition unfolds as a deliberate three-part journey through the Gallery. Together, the installations trace a movement from the largest scale of the universe, to our contemporary relationship with the night sky, to the technologies through which we see and understand ourselves.
The exhibition unfolds as a deliberate three-part journey through the Gallery. Together, the installations trace a movement from the largest scale of the universe, to our contemporary relationship with the night sky, to the technologies through which we see and understand ourselves.
Exhibit Map
Floor plan of All the Light Reveals as presented at OCAD University. The installations are adaptable to different gallery contexts.
Exhibit Map
Floor plan of All the Light Reveals as presented at OCAD University. The installations are adaptable to different gallery contexts.
Exhibit Map
Floor plan of All the Light Reveals as presented at OCAD University. The installations are adaptable to different gallery contexts.
Installations
Installations
Methods
Methods
The work draws on a year-long research-creation process using phenomenological inquiry and autoethnography as secondary methodologies.
More specifically, my research methods included:
The work draws on a year-long research-creation process using phenomenological inquiry and autoethnography as secondary methodologies.
More specifically, my research methods included:
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Literature Review
Literature Review
Thematic scoping across psychology, neurophenomenology, indigenous and western philosophy to aid the development of a definition of wonder.
Literature Review
Post-exhibition Survey
Post-exhibition Survey
Post-exhibition Survey
Collected quantitative and
qualitative feedback from visitors.
Focus Group Testing
Focus Group Testing
Conducted sessions to test how participants interacted with early prototypes and the final works.
Focus Group Testing
Observational Analysis
Observational Analysis
Observation and analysis of how visitors engaged with the space in real time.
Observational Analysis
Lexical Qualitative Analysis
Lexical Qualitative Analysis
A case study on the language and affective responses around awe, wonder and cosmology.
Lexical Qualitative Analysis
Studio Practice &
Material Experimentation
Studio Practice &
Material Experimentation
Iterative testing of caustics, cymatics, projection mapping, and developing
a hybrid analog-digital process.
Studio Practice &
Material Experimentation
Post-exhibition Survey
Research Findings
Research Findings
To understand how the installations invited experiences of wonder, I conducted focus group sessions, observational research, and a post-exhibition survey.
My key findings are:
To understand how the installations invited experiences of wonder, I conducted focus group sessions, observational research, and a post-exhibition survey.
My key findings are:
High Engagement
Visitors spent 15+ mins
in the exhibition space
Visitors lingered and revisited specific works
High Engagement
Visitors spent
15+ mins in the exhibition space
Visitors lingered and revisited specific works
Affective Impact
Survey respondents picked words that
were resonant with their experience.
"Awe / Wonder"
"Immersion / Connection"
"Curiosity
/ Intrigue"
Affective Impact
Survey respondents picked words that were resonant with their experience.
"Awe / Wonder"
"Immersion / Connection"
"Curiosity
/ Intrigue"
Affective Responses
Survey respondents self-described the experience as:
"Mesmerizing"
"Expansive"
"Playful"
"Dimensional"
"Stellar"
"Intriguing"
"Dreamy"
"Magical"
Affective Responses
Survey respondents self-described the experience as:
"Mesmerizing"
"Expansive"
"Playful"
"Stellar"
"Intriguing"
"Dreamy"
"Magical"
"Dimensional"
“The simple yet extremely effective way it used light, shade and light modification to create the visual effects... as a visitor, it was simple to interact with, and I think that has great value.”
“The simple yet extremely effective way it used light, shade and light modification to create the visual effects... as a visitor, it was simple to interact with, and I think that has great value.”
“The simple yet extremely effective way it used light, shade and light modification to create the visual effects... as a visitor, it was simple to interact with, and I think that has great value.”
“The experience
felt unfathomable
yet completely fathomable.“
“The experience felt unfathomable yet completely fathomable.“
“The experience felt unfathomable yet completely fathomable.“
“I was intrigued by the vastness and interactive elements, how light could or can respond to my presence … Light connects everything.“
“I was intrigued by the vastness and interactive elements, how light could or can respond to my presence … Light connects everything.“
“It was incredible and really made me feel
like a kid!”
“It was incredible and really made me feel like a kid!”
“It was incredible and really made me feel
like a kid!”
“I was intrigued by the vastness and interactive elements,
how light could or can respond to my presence ...
… Light connects everything.“
Audience interaction and comments:
Audience interaction and comments:
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