ozm
Site-Specific Installation · Projection on Origami · Lightbox Transparency Print
What does it mean to feel time through texture, shadow, and light?
OZM is a visual study of sunlight and seasonality, inspired by the first touch of sunshine on leaves after winter. The piece translates open-source weather data into a generative projection on folded paper, forming a delicate signal of change.
Exhibition
OZM
Bargehouse, London
Curated by MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
Technology
After Effects — used to design and animate the generative light sequences projected onto folded paper surfaces.
Processing — enabled data-driven motion, mapping seasonal weather patterns into organic movement.
VDMX — used for live control and modulation of the projection's brightness, rhythm, and layering in response to spatial light conditions.
Process
Developed during an MA Fine Art showcase at Central Saint Martins, the piece was created in response to seasonal data and material sensitivity. Using projection mapping onto hand-folded paper origami, the work captured a delicate interplay between light and structure. A transparency print housed in a 16 x 20-inch lightbox offered a physical echo — a fixed image holding the trace of movement.
Generative visuals were driven by real-time weather data, allowing the projection to shift in rhythm and luminosity. As the light changed across the folds of paper, it became a living signal — expressing climate, time, and memory through coded animation. The paper surface became a carrier of shifting light — a live, coded memory of time, temperature, and transition.
Output
Projection on origami sculpture
Lightbox transparency print (16 × 20")
Reflection
OZM reflects a curiosity around how systems — whether seasonal or coded — can reveal sensory meaning. The work positions data as a poetic material, capable of signaling tenderness through light.