A performer seen through foliage and translucent fabric at Fish Tank.

FISH
TANK

Spatial & Scenic DesignBrooklyn / 2026

No One Else Says Vol. 3

Asian Culture Festival

Creative Direction / Spatial & Scenic Design

Brooklyn, New York

2026

An immersive spatial environment developed for a live music event in Brooklyn. Translucent surfaces, suspended forms, planting, and projected light transformed the venue into a layered performance landscape.

An immersive spatial environment developed for a live music event in Brooklyn. Translucent surfaces, suspended forms, planting, and projected light transformed the venue into a layered performance landscape.

Stage Atmospheres

Across changing daylight and performance lighting, the same stage takes on different qualities of color, transparency, shadow, and depth.

Frontal view of the stage under warm light.
Warm light
Frontal view of the stage under cool light.
Cool light

The suspended form absorbs and reflects changing light, while foliage casts shifting shadows across the existing concrete structure.

The suspended form absorbs and reflects changing light, while foliage casts shifting shadows across the existing concrete structure.

Oblique view of the stage under warm light.
Warm light
Oblique view of the stage under cool light.
Cool light

Stage Seen Through Layers

Stage Seen Through Layers

Translucent surfaces divide the stage without enclosing it. Plants, silhouettes, and reflected light continuously reshape what is visible.

Translucent surfaces divide the stage without enclosing it. Plants, silhouettes, and reflected light continuously reshape what is visible.

Performer framed by vegetation and layers of translucent curtains.
Palm and translucent curtain layers in blue light.
Medium-distance view of the stage, suspended fabric, and planting.
Stage seen through palms and curtains, with suspended material above.

Material & Light

Studies in transparency, reflection, and projected light.

Material & Light Studies

Material & Light Studies

Light on Form

Two surface responses to light within a reduced-scale spatial prototype.

Beyond the Stage

Beyond the Stage

Small CRT television installation beside vegetation in blue light.
Small CRT television installation beside vegetation in blue light.
Small CRT television and translucent material by the theater entrance in daylight.
Small CRT television and translucent material by the theater entrance in daylight.

The same CRT installation under different lighting conditions.

Light and shadow across the ceiling

Blue light projected onto the wall above a material intervention.
Theater entrance and visitors beside the illuminated wall.

A small illuminated marker connects the installation to the theater entrance.

Wide view of the audience, stage, and venue.

LIGHT BEYOND THE STAGE

PERFORMANCE / SPACE / AUDIENCE

Light travels across the room.

WHERE DOES THE STAGE END?

Reflections move beyond the performers.

The audience becomes part of the scene.

Wide view of the audience, stage, and venue.

LIGHT BEYOND THE STAGE

PERFORMANCE / SPACE / AUDIENCE

Light travels across the room.

WHERE DOES THE STAGE END?

Reflections move beyond the performers.

The audience becomes part of the scene.

Wide view of the audience, stage, and venue.

LIGHT BEYOND THE STAGE

PERFORMANCE / SPACE / AUDIENCE

Light travels across the room.

WHERE DOES THE STAGE END?

Reflections move beyond the performers.

The audience becomes part of the scene.

Blue light on a translucent curtain beside the audience.
CREDITS
CREATIVE DIRECTION / SPATIAL & SCENIC DESIGN
Lingwei Wang
ORGANIZER
No One Else Says
EVENT
No One Else Says Vol. 3 — Asian Culture Festival
LOCATION / DATE
100 Sutton, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
November 7, 2026