Commissioned for Emma Scully Gallery, Paraciphers is a series of kinetic sculptures inspired by the physics of air and the concept of relief. I hand-sewed each parachute and engineered cast-aluminum bases to house fans that breathe life into the fabric, creating fluid forms that mimic the rhythm of flowers in the wind.

Beyond the movement, the project carries a hidden layer of meaning: messages of social justice and radical equality are encoded into the fabric patterns through binary telegraph codes. As the parachutes inflate and shift, they project a secondary, dancing composition of shadows onto the ceiling. This interaction between the physical object and its projected image was a key milestone in my practice—exploring how a kinetic mechanism can use light to extend a conceptual narrative into the surrounding architecture.