12 Jul exposition layout

The process of developing this exposition begins not with walls or lighting plans, but with questions: what should be felt, not just seen? How can space become a medium for reflection, ritual, and transformation?

At the core of this layout is the table, not merely a display surface, but an active, living site of encounter. It is where food, memory, and material presence converge. In my work, food is more than sustenance or metaphor; it is a sculptural and sensory language that speaks to ancestral knowledge, ecological cycles, and cultural memory. The table becomes a centre of gravity around which the rest of the exposition orbits.

The hand-drawn layouts you see above are part of my working method. They’re a way to choreograph not only movement, but states of attention. I map silence, texture, aroma, and proximity alongside more conventional design concerns. I think about thresholds: what visitors see first, how their bodies move in relation to objects, and when to invite stillness versus engagement.

Each zone of the exposition is crafted to invite interaction across senses. Botanical artefacts, textile-based interventions, and naturally preserved materials act as tactile cues. They invite participants to slow down, to smell, to taste, to listen, and to remember. I am particularly interested in the threshold between ritual and routine, and how familiar objects, herbs, linen, bowls can shift context and become sites of contemplation.

Rather than aiming for spectacle, I am designing for intimacy and presence. The space is conceived as a sensorial landscape, one that gently unsettles habitual perception and opens a space for embodied thought. This approach is informed by a mix of visual, culinary, and ecological practices, all filtered through a slow, iterative methodology grounded in process, not product.

More details will follow as the exposition takes shape: floor plans, material experiments, and documentation of the build process. For now, these sketches are the first traces of a space that will invite others not only to look, but to feel, dwell, and participate.