02/24

TEFRA

Sculptural light and exploration of volcanic stone
PRODUCT 
02/23

DAM VESSELS

Collection of water vessels designed with modular casting
 PRODUCT INSTALLATION
06/22

REQUIEM FOR A RIVER

DAE Degree project on the geopolitics of damming the Mekong River
INSTALLATION PERFORMANCE PRODUCT RESEARCH
12/20

SALINE ROOTS

An investigation on salinisation and mangrove deforestation in the Mekong Delta
INSTALLATION PRODUCT RESEARCH
02/21

SHIFTING SANDS

A participatory performance exploring the threats of sand mining in the Mekong Delta
PERFORMANCE RESEARCH SCULPTURE
06/21

TO MY SIGNIFICANT OTTER

A rewilding intiative on the conception of habitats for otters and multispecies
SPATIAL RESEARCH
03/21

AN ENDLESS RIDDLE

A short film and spatial reflection on the landscape of greenhouse horticulture
MOVING IMAGE
02/21

BLUE FELDTWARE

An experimental collection of stools from waste denim
INSTALLATION
02/18

TALES OF AN ESSENCE 

A participatory  installation and multi-sensory  experience on the herbal essence of St. John’s Wort
PERFORMANCE SCULPTURE RESEARCH
02/18

YOUNGER AMBER

Material explorations from pine resin and its luminous qualities
MATERIAL RESEARCH 
02/18

PEARLESCENT

Sculptural light installation
SCULPTURE 

TALES OF AN ESSENCE


CATEGORY: Participatory performance, Sculpture, Research
DATE: 02/18

Exhibited at Designing Interpretation, Museum of the Order of St. John︎︎︎,
Clerkenwell, London, U.K.

“Tales of an Essence” is a live participatory performance and installation that engages visitors of the Museum of the Order of St. John to discover the traditional practices and remedies of St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum), a flowering plant and medicinal herb used for its antidepressant properties for over 2,000 years. Located within the museum’s historic 11th-century Cloister Garden, the performance features a family of sensory ceramic objects developed for a collective scent, taste, and tactility experience.  

 



































“Tea began as a medicine and grew into a beverage”
            — Okakura Kokuzo, author of The Book of Tea.

While exploring the need for cognitive interactions in museum institutions, as an effective mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses,  the installation aims to prompt discussion about modern antidepressants and the role of herbal medicine today.

The workshop offers three collective experiences to explore the sensory qualities of the medicinal plant: a herbal tea tasting of St. John’s Wort infusion, an olfactory experience catered by an oil burner of St. John’s Wort essential oil, and a tactile experience.