This Is Water (2017)

Multimedia installation (Arduino, fan, mylar, shower liner, video projection, water, wood)
Variable Dimensions
In Collaboration with Sean Dong

According to Buddhist literature, we are conditioned to overlook the impermanence of life. We do not see things as they are because our minds are like bowls of water that are ruffled by the wind, making it impossible for us to see clear reflections.

In This Is Water, we project a video of water onto a pool of water with floating pieces of reflective mylar. The pool of water refracts the video of water onto the wall, amplifying the ripples. We programmed an Arduino to turn a fan on-and-off every 30 seconds. The refracted water thus shows the ruffling of the wind and how it vanishes almost as soon as it appears.