My work investigates the unstable relationship between direct experience and the systems through which experience becomes legible. Using pared down architectural structures, controlled apertures, light, and indexical traces, the installations withhold complete visual access. Light emanating from portals must be investigated from various angles, making viewing durational and participatory. The form and scale reflect the body; the exterior mimics a mass-produced object. Images are generated in real time as light passes through altered prints and hidden optical systems, white light split and modulated into its spectrum. A spider web becomes a readymade, and honey in sealed glass marks the foraging paths of thousands of bees, rendered inedible. The work draws attention to active perception and the frameworks through which seeing becomes meaning.