The Meraki Forest

Year 2, year end exhibit

April 2023

Reimagining space, follow a witch’s journey and awaken your senses. Unravel hints to unlock the mystery of the witch’s disappearance in the Meraki forest.

The Meraki Forest was a collaborative class exhibition. Following the narrative of Ashelle Galawind, a young witch who has disappeared from her tree hut. Visitors were tasked with finding the answers to her disappearance using the clues scattered around the exhibit. Inside the tree hut, Ashelle’s possessions had been spelled to reveal the verbal encounter from the night of her vanishing. Objects were made to be touch reactive through the use of an arduino and it played our recorded audio when tripped.

In a team of 4 I worked on the tree hut installation. We built the tree structure from recycled Ikea cardboard skids. I worked on the witch’s audio, worked on the interior layout and printed large format tree bark texture onto canvas paper to wrap the inside walls with. Some other elements of the exhibit I worked on is the Exhibit Soundtrack with 1 other student. I recorded myself playing the Kalimba instrument, supplied immersive ambient sound effects and sound editing. Overall, these elements blend together, creating a magical, immersive and gamified experience.

Exhibit Installation