Light is Like Water (WIP)

Light is Like Water (WIP) is a study for the final installation piece exhibited at the Royal College of Art graduation show.

This work is based on the short story by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, who popularised the genre of magical realism. Light is like water is the tale of two children who discover that, by breaking lightbulbs from the lamps in their house, they can flood the place with light. They dive between the living room furniture and sail between islands in the house when their parents are not home. Based on the metaphysical concept of magic developed by Federico Campagna in his 2018 book Technic and Magic, the magical nature of this scene signals the existence of a dimension beyond the one we perceive.