Seattle Demo Project: “Last Gasp”

Set within a soon-to-be-demolished cabin on Herron Island, Last Gasp was a two-part installation exploring impermanence, perception, and the architecture of transition. As part of the Seattle Demo Project—a rotating collective of artists, architects, and designers—we transformed the space into a temporary site of reflection.

The first piece, "The Frame," reimagined the home as a minimalist retreat. A singular view across the water was carefully composed through a cantilevered aperture, physically unreachable yet visually dominant. The interior was wrapped in black plastic, creating a sensory void that heightened light, sound, and presence—suspending visitors in a state of perceptual quiet.

"The Spear," the second installation, pierced vertically through all three floors of the cabin. Clear plastic descended from a ceiling cutout, threading through each level and culminating in a basin of water at the base. Lit from within, the column shimmered with movement and shadow. It invited a different kind of procession—upward instead of across—disrupting the horizontal rhythm of domestic space. Water, visible and contained, became both anomaly and anchor: a quiet inversion of what’s expected inside a home.

Together, the installations offered a final breath before erasure—one last moment to look, move, and feel differently inside the ordinary.