CCAC / Dark Energy Book, Website & Installation Art
This is the 3-part series of work inspired by Dark Energy, the biggest mysteries and unknown force that is causing the universe‘s expansion to accelerate rather than slow down. Dark Energy is “dark” because it doesn’t emit, absorb, or interact with light, but it is evolving. Dark Energy takes up to 70% of the total energy content of the universe; most of the universe is this mysterious dark energy, but we still don’t know its fundamental nature.
This humbling science term reminds us that what humans can see and touch is only a tiny sliver of the cosmos. The rest is dark in every sense. Inspired by how an entity can occupy over 70% of a space yet be identified as non‑existent simply because it cannot be seen, I created a series of works that “exist but also don’t.”
Dark Energy 001 / Book
A Book That Can’t Be Read
The Dark Energy book cannot be read. Pages are filled with words and illustrations—objects that normally invite reading and appreciation—but each page is obscured with paint. The content is present yet inaccessible; the book asserts its material presence while denying its function.
Dark Energy 002 / Website
A Website Can’t Be Reloaded
A site that can be visited only once. To glimpse what lies beneath the painted pages, viewers are directed to a digital space that permits a single access. The website is ephemeral: it exists in the digital realm but not as a lasting, tangible object. Its one‑time reveal echoes the fleeting opportunity to perceive what is otherwise hidden.
Dark Energy 003 / Website
An Art Installed in a Forgotten Alley
An installation that projects overlapping words and partially obstructed color images into a forgotten alley in San Francisco. In the dark, transient urban setting, the projections speak to solitude—single existences swallowed by surrounding darkness. The alley’s impermanence and easy forgettability reinforce the work’s themes: presence that slips away, memory that fades.
