Future Development

The current iteration of Project Y features seven cinematic sequences, expanding toward a thirty-video cycle. This growth deepens the recursive, non-linear rhythm of the installation, moving the work from a series of glimpses into an exhaustive, immersive mythology.

Pending further production support, spatial design consultation will formalise the interplay between the brutalist physical apparatus, the overhead architectural text, and the unpredictable electronic media array.

Exhibition room setup proposal

Y is an immersive spatial installation that interrogates the architecture of psychological entrapment—a study of what survives when the catastrophe has already occurred.

Constructed as a brutalist, sensory-exposed pavilion built from grey plywood modular elements, the viewer enters a stark central void enclosed by seven vertical projection screens that act as digital bars, projecting a synthetic mythology that feels hauntingly familiar yet fundamentally unhuman.

Inscribed across the ceiling grid above the viewer is a direct prompt:

"Y are you running from your own silence?" (Inspired by Rumi’s "Lose Yourself", In the Arms of the Beloved)

Mockup of the spatial experience, rendered into 2D

"... Above all, I am thinking about the catastrophe of one’s own existence, this apocalypse of the now—the irredeemable nature of a single present moment. You cannot change anything; the worst is what just happened..." (Oxana Timofeeva, e-flux journal, Issue 56, 2014)

View from entrance into the exhibition room. Mockup

Spatial Dynamics & Media Behavior

Unlike traditional video installations that rely on continuous dark-room projections, Y operates through a strategy of media deprivation and sudden spatial exposure:

Stark, High-Exposure Illumination: The physical room is maintained in a state of clinical, bright overhead lighting. Rather than allowing the viewer to hide in the comforting darkness of a cinematic black box, the harsh light exposes the audience to their own presence, the physical weight of the timber construction, and the stark reality of the space.
Sporadic & Unpredictable Screen Sequences: The seven screens do not play synchronously. Managed via QLab, the sequences activate sporadically—sometimes illuminating a single display, sometimes surging across all seven, and often cutting out completely.
Forced Spatial Navigation: When a screen abruptly darkens, the audience is forced to pivot, move through the space, and hunt for the next fragment of the narrative. During moments of total screen blackout, the audience is left stranded in the brightly lit void under the ceiling inscription, confronting the unyielding silence of the room.
Generative Mythology: The visual sequences utilise generative cinematography to excavate recurring structures of feeling and pre-verbal trauma. The imagery functions with the rhythm of a dreaming mind - brutalist ruins, bodies dragging heavy burdens, and isolated figures suspended in an irredeemable present

Y

Immersive multimedia installation, spatial choreography, generative media. 2026 (ongoing)

Technical and Production Specifications

Physical architecture and spatial blueprint:

Walls / Enclosure: Custom modular grey plywood partitions (unpainted, brutalist raw finish) forming an octagonal or central enclosure with a single narrow entry/exit threshold.
Directional Gallery Lighting Infrastructure: Standard gallery track spotlights pointing downward onto the central floor space and modular plywood walls. Because the light beams are directed strictly downward, the ceiling grid remains in ambient shadow—ensuring the overhead ceiling inscription remains an unprompted, subtle discovery that only observant viewers notice when looking upward. The lighting remains continuously active independently of video states.
Ceiling Installation: Overhead structural grid/truss or beam mounting for the ceiling inscription: "Y are you running from your own silence?"

Audio-visual hardware array:

Displays: 7x Commercial-grade vertical screens (55"-65" 4K displays mounted in portrait orientation) integrated directly into the plywood wall modules.
Playback System: 1x Master Media Server equipped with QLab 5 driving 7 independent 4K video outputs.
Audio Setup: 4.1 or 8.1 multi-channel spatial audio system.

Network and system logic (QLab automation): asynchronous media triggers (QLab workspace programmed with non-linear cue lists). System State Automation:

State A (Surge): All 7 screens active simultaneously with synchronised generative media.
State B (Flicker / Isolated): Single-screen activation, cycling unpredictably across the room to force audience movement.
State C (Blackout / Void): Total media blackout across all 7 displays, leaving the room illuminated strictly by the overhead clinical lighting. Power and Logistics: Dedicated 32A power supply, internal conduit cable management hidden within the modular timber framework.

Adaptability and venue compliance note:

Spatial Layout & Site Flexibility: The exact dimensions, modular plywood enclosure, and screen configurations are scalable and can be adjusted to accommodate specific gallery dimensions, architectural constraints, weight limits, and venue-specific Health & Safety (H&S) protocols (including emergency egress pathways, fire-retardant timber treatments, and accessibility requirements) without compromising the core conceptual integrity of the installation.

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