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# Project Description Filtered Sun Ying Cao Summary Final work Ying shapes space as narrative and emotion are made tangible. With an interior design core, she builds immersive worlds of light, texture, and atmosphere. Her practice blurs art and architecture, crafting poetic, sensory encounters through bold concepts and vivid visual language. Ying shapes space as narrative and emotion are made tangible. With an interior design core, she b... College Central Saint Martins Course MA Narrative Environments Graduation year 2025 Filtered Sun is a multi-sensory spatial installation that addresses fatigue, overload, and disconnection by guiding participants through a journey of emptiness, reconnection with nature, and emotional renewal. At home, Filtered Sun invites individuals to enter a meditative, narrative-led lightscape shaped by filtered sunlight, glass, and shadow. Designed for those experiencing mental fatigue, sensory overload, or urban disconnection, the project gently dissolves the noise of modern life through the philosophy of emptiness, opening space for presence and quiet reflection. Set within the context of London’s Epping Forest, the work explores how filtered light—moving through layers of glass and foliage—can reveal the emotional dimensions of emptiness. Rather than filling space, the installation invites subtraction, stillness, and inward breath . V isitors journey through a narrative structured around a domestic path: the living room evokes breath and awakening; the bathroom holds warmth and diffusion; and the bedroom becomes a site of absorption and sleep. As light shifts from formless to formed, then back to formless, the viewer is immersed in a continuous unfolding of presence—through shadow, reflection, and silence. The work is open to people of all ages who are navigating the pressures of modern life and searching for stillness. It offers a soft, poetic alternative to hyper-stimulated environments: a temporary space to reconnect with nature, time, and self—through the gentle rhythms of filtered light and the quiet fullness of emptiness. Collaborators: Yuki Zhan, Glass Artist Danning Xu, Anthropological researcher Shu Wu, Glass Artist Leonardo Sun, Interior Designer Bethany Shepherd, Project Supervisor Final work Filtered Sun Experience Video A quiet journey from filtered sunlight to moonlight, where space and soul are gently renewed. 3 Stage Installations The three sequential light sculptures from the Filtered Sun project, designed to transform domestic space into a meditative healing journey. User Experience A 3-stage home light journey: livingroom dawn, bathroom transformation, and bedroom restoration with nature. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project Filtered Sun is a multi-sensory spatial installation that addresses fatigue, overload, and disconnection by guiding participants through a journey of emptiness, reconnection with nature, and emotional renewal.At home, Filtered Sun invites individuals t... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Health & Wellbeing Materiality Story & Myth Nature & Environment Mental Health Aesthetics Archives & Collections Biodesign Experimentation
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