Moon Shaped Pool

Solo Exhibition | Mint Gallery, California Institute of Arts | April 2026

Moon Shaped Pool is an installation which features three time-based works that interrogate the nature of viewership.

By orchestrating distinct physical and sensory environments, the exhibition examines how the mechanics of observation and technological mediation influence our internal landscapes, asking:

How does experience shape perception?

Like the reflection in a moon-shaped pool, the exhibition offers only the surface instead of the source.

Poster Series

A poster system designed for my MFA thesis exhibition Moon Shaped Pool at Mint Gallery, CalArts.

Three layouts share a single handwritten title — drawn by hand and used as the visual anchor across the series — while each variation pairs a different still from the exhibition’s three works (Eye Exam, Garden, Peace Piece) against deep black space. I designed all printed and digital marketing collateral, including the poster series, exhibition cards, opening invitation, and on-site signage. Printed posters were distributed across CalArts campus bulletin boards and the gallery entrance, and digital versions ran across CalArts social channels in the weeks leading up to the opening.

Spatial Plan

By installing three videos within the same physical space, the exhibition constructs time and space together as a unified experience of viewership. The three videos carry no prescribed order and no hierarchy imposed by scale. The sequence in which the audience moves through them, the duration of their stay, and their choices of what to hear and what to watch all become part of the exhibition itself.

**Video A: Eye Exam (4:00)**

Presented on a small, wall-mounted monitor at eye level. Sound is delivered through a wired headphone connected to the monitor. A single chair sits directly in front of the screen; the viewer is invited to sit, put on the headphones, and press play to begin. Facing the monitor and turning their back to the rest of the gallery, the viewer is closed off from Video B and Video C for the duration of the work. This constrained, deliberate posture mirrors the clinical logic of the work.

Installation

**Video B: Garden (2:40)**

Presented across two surfaces in an L-shaped corner. A large projection is stretched horizontally across two walls meeting at a 90-degree angle, wrapping the image around the viewer. On one of these walls, a floor monitor plays simultaneously, offering a second, smaller vantage point within the same space. Sound is delivered through wireless Bluetooth headphones.

Installation

**Video C: Peace Piece I (6:42)**

Projected from the floor upward onto a 100-inch horizontal “sky screen” suspended at 10 feet 2 inches above the ground by fishing line. A mirror leans against the wall at an angle on the floor below, tilted to catch both the sky screen above and Video B’s projection on the adjacent wall. At certain angles, viewers can look into the mirror and see the ceiling screen and Video B’s reflection simultaneously, while the sky screen itself remains visible overhead. Bill Evans’ original score plays openly in space, creating a soothing ambient presence. When viewers put on the wired or wireless headphones for Video A or Video B, Evans’ sound fades from their perception; removing the headphones brings it back.