Ever Searching Circling Light

‘Ever Searching Circling Light’ consists of a dome within a dome. Inside are three high windows with silk paintings, which open up a view of a sea with two floating lights. The outer dome is tiled with underglaze painted tiles and has a winding key at the top. When the key is wound, the lights inside the dome begin to rotate.

Michelle Lhooq writes in ‘The Night’ (Spike Magazine) about how the night dissolves norms, creating spaces where people can feel connected to each other and escape their own selves.

It’s only when the lights are low that we’re able to create that unifying space of feeling like we are moving as one collective organism, which is, in some ways, the transcendent end goal of every dance floor.

Michelle Lhooq, Spike Magazine, Issue 78 (Winter 23/24): The Night

‘Ever Searching Circling Light’ is reminiscent of a shrine but also a dance floor, creating a shady atmosphere and symbolising the eternal search for meaning and connection.