Breathe

In my dream, a carousel and a spear-wielding knight appear in turn. They break free from their fixed states and trajectories, taking on a wholly new transformation.

In a sealed stage, a dancer with an indistinct silhouette is trapped — she stands for the tug toward freedom, wrestling with the chaos deep inside. Mirrors return different cross-sections, forcing her to face self-scrutiny. She tries to look away; the mirrors follow relentlessly. A vortex marks her urge to break through, ending in a cry as the self in the mirror shatters. The swelling and ebbing of emotion, and the inner monologue, trace her path toward self-awareness and inner freedom.

The animation is dominated by green, a sign of comfort, calm and hope; red arrives at moments of turning or key development. The sound design takes the protagonist's breathing rhythm and its shifts in frequency as the backdrop, holding up and pushing the narrative forward.

The other form of this work is an immersive installation: rope and cloth enclose a sealed sensory space in a corridor, mapping the viewer's breathing rhythm in real time onto holographic and screen displays. The whole space invites you to slow down, until breath becomes the only sound heard.