Quynh Tran’s “Not here, Nor there,” was a very powerful exhibit. In its entirety, it was a four room installation that acted as a journey, like her own journey of self-discovery. The installations consisted of red everything, from strings and scrolls to just blood red walls. Red is the universal color of danger and it demands you to take notice. It ultimately makes you feel angry, cautious, and fearful. Quynh wanted it to transform the viewer’s experience as they moved through the gallery and for it to be a journey for them as well.
The first room was painted entirely red on all walls with red LED lights shining on them. It was a deep crimson red and it was meant to be a warning sign for viewers. You are walking into something dangerous and thrilling, but it still encourages you to keep going.
The second room was a white and red room surrounded by a lot of red strings and webs on the walls. It was built to look like a maze and be one endless thought with questions and doubt.
The third room was a ton of unrolled piles of paper in white with spots of red spray paint all of them, and it was hung from the ceiling or laying in clumps on the ground. It was meant to be a negative change on pristine white. For the artist, this representing no longer being classified and the in-between before becoming classified again.
The final room was there for reflection. It was a plain white room with a white stand in the middle that had a white bowl on top that held a still black reflective water. There was also meaningful words painted on the wall and it all was for viewers to see themselves and learn something new about themselves. Your own experience to come to your own conclusion on the meaning of it all.
It was a very wonderful experience, and even know the red was slightly off putting for me and made me nervous and almost stressed, it was a fun journey to walk through the project.
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