Graduation Project at Design Academy Eindhoven

Text by Curator Nadine Botha
In a world saturated with artificial light, where the beauty of illumination has become mundane, how can the wonder of beholding light be revived? YP Wang found inspiration during a visit to the Lauwersoog Dark Sky Park, a rare place in The Netherlands untouched by light pollution. Coupled with his childhood memories of the mesmerizing Pyreflies from Final Fantasy X, Wang embarked on a journey to explore light pollution from an aesthetic perspective. The outcome is a mesmerising installation that uses projection, reflection and movement to toy with expectations of ‘light trespass’ — the term used to describe unwanted artificial light seeping unintentionally into neighbouring spaces.