Typographic Installation & Video Study
University Project

Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s poem “Water Makes Many Beds,” this project explores the relationship between language, motion, and transformation. The poem describes water’s restless nature - its ability to adapt, flow, and reshape the world around it. I translated that idea into a physical typographic experiment. Transparent film printed with verses from Emily Dickinson’s poem was placed inside a vintage bathtub, where the text was immersed in real water - allowing light and movement to gently distort its form.

Transparent film printed with the poem was placed inside a vintage bathtub, illuminated by a shifting flashlight in a darkened space. As the water moved, the typography dissolved and reappeared, creating fluid compositions captured through still photography and video.

The resulting visuals turn language into a living material - fragile, reflective, and ever-changing - echoing Dickinson’s meditation on impermanence and transformation.