Prime of Life is a projection mapped sculptural installation that projects personal video footage onto a sculpture of stacked white boxes, depicting moments of happiness drawn from the artist’s own life. The work explores the experience of reflecting on what it means to be in the prime of one’s life, rather than recalling a single specific memory.

The project emphasizes the importance of documenting the everyday. These mundane moments is what makes up the majority of our daily lives, yet they are often overlooked in favor of extraordinary once in a life time moments. Over time, however, these ordinary moments can become the most meaningful and joyful memories, suggesting that being in the prime of one’s life is not defined by constant achievement or spectacle, but by the accumulation of simple, familiar , joyful experiences.

The installation also plays with how memory functions when thinking about something as broad as the prime of one’s life. Rather than one moment coming to mind, many memories tend to surface at once overlapping, blending, and interrupting each other. By layering multiple personal videos across the sculptural form, Prime of Life visualizes this flow of recollection, reflecting how everyday moments collectively shape our understanding of happiness and fulfillment.

Prime of Life was created using projection mapping software (HeavyM) and a collection of personal videos pulled directly from the artist’s camera roll dating back many years to present. The videos include both image and sound, with audio from multiple clips overlapping depending on which videos are playing. This layering of sound mirrors the visual overlap of memories, reinforcing the idea that recollection is rarely isolated or specific.

The sculpture was built using old delivery boxes gathered from the holidays. The boxes were arranged based on what felt visually pleasing and best suited for displaying the projected footage. Once the arrangement was finalized, the boxes were hot glued together and  then wrapped in white duct tape. The white surface was chosen intentionally to improve the projection while look more put together. 

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