One Radiance Away, a stacked artificial crystal sculpture on a pedestal

One Radiance Away

Artificial crystal
14 × 10 × 10 in.
2025
Currently on view — (Im)perceptible the Remix, Lightwriters Gallery, through Aug 14, 2026

Formulated to shimmer, refract, and seduce, artificial crystal becomes a way to capture the fractured light of a nightclub — those moments when the room is pulsing, bodies blur, and illumination turns into a kind of architecture.

The form draws from the logic of a Jenga tower: a structure defined by its own precariousness. Slightly elongated and subtly off ratio, these crystal blocks refuse to settle into a perfect cube. They jut, slip, and cantilever outward, always hovering on the edge of their next move. The stacked radiance beams are both solid and unstable. Within that tension lies everything: desire and collapse, glamour and risk, the fleeting shimmer of a moment that's always one touch away from falling apart.