Nocturnal Growth is the solo exhibition that consists of the experimentation and study of light reflections from a series of projected animations on different textures of materials such as mirrors, glass, fabrics, threads and papers.
Nocturnal Growth implies the growth that takes place in the dark, invisible and quiet places.
The exhibition depicts the nocturnal growth that we go through—the intangible and invisible growth associated with processing and digesting our mental and emotional experiences in solitude in a dark and quiet place when we face ourselves. It is also about the behind-the-scenes efforts and labor I have gone through many times at night in silence while everyone is asleep—all the practice, trial and errors, experiments, and work I have done sacrificing my sleep accumulating into tangible growth over a long period of time.
This exhibition also visualizes my life experiences and lessons learned. The core concept is that what defines us comes from our mental and emotional growth and how we process our life experiences. The race, ethnicity, and social status do not define who we are.
What defines who we are forms from what we go through mentally and psychologically through our experiences. These things shape us and grow us internally unlike physical growth or what we were instilled in our upbringing in our first 15-20 years of life.
