Audio Script

Ziyue(Lesley) Su

Spatial experience can be shaped by a variety of elements, either architectural or non-

architectural. The RISD museum provides us with a wealth of architectural elements that can
be explored for shaping space with non-architectural elements. To be specific, if the space
is treated as a canvas and the light as a brush, whether a different spatial experience can be
produced. This spatial fragment consists of an exhibition space and a staircase space. The
door can be seen not only as a connection between the two spaces, but also as a picture
frame, depending on whether the viewer sees the space behind the door frame as a in-
depth three-dimensional space or as a flat picture. In addition to the space itself, the
shaping of the space by light can help the viewer understand the depth of the space. With
diffuse light, the shadows in the space become blurred and the depth of the space becomes
difficult to perceive. Meanwhile, with point light, the shadows in the space become stronger
and the viewer's perception of the depth of the space becomes clearer. Bright or dark light
can also give the viewer the illusion of sensory perception. Light can be the medium that
extends three-dimensional space into a flat plane, or gives depth to a flat space. Likewise,
time is an important medium in this design, and the changing light in both spaces will
become whole in motion.

By projecting artificial light in the foreground space and natural light in the rear space
respectively, the senses of spatial scale, spatial depth, and spatial boundaries may become
blurred as the two lights slowly change at different pace over time, providing more
possibilities for the viewer's understanding and experience of space.

The video will be made by creating a physical model of the space and projecting both
changing artificial light in the exhibition and changing natural light space in the staircase
space respectively. The video will be shot at times of day when the light changes
dramatically, such as sunrise or sunset, in order to capture the changing natural light. The
changes in artificial light will be simulated by placing stacks of colored filter paper in front of
the lights and slowly pulling them out one by one. The camera will be positioned in front of
the door of the exhibition space to capture the changing light in both spaces simultaneously.