“BETWEEN TWO BULBS” is an installation presented through a single-view video. Set in a dark room, the installation comprises two bulbs, each propped up on a stand to mimic human height. Bulb A is a bulb that is made in Malaysia while Bulb B is a bulb that is made in Japan. Both bulbs are tethered to a discreet microprocessor that will be fed texts from two sources accordingly – “Tetamu Senja” a Malay pantun by A. Samad Said and “The Old Pond", a haiku by Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō. The texts are deduced and programmed to pulse through each bulb based on the length of each word, length of each poem and the usual narration speed of the respective literature. After several loops, the texts swap between the bulbs, creating a moment of “swapped identities.”

The video art is a commentary on the anthropology of machines and society’s perception of outsider language and culture. Depicted using a generic household object i.e. the electrical bulb, complex computational and linguistic codes are deduced into a visual experience. The anthropology of the bulb is emphasized - the identity and origins of each wire, filament or chip that makes a bulb whole. The inanimate suddenly takes on life and forms relationships while leaving the viewer as an outsider, seen eaves-dropping into a deep, perplexing conversation between two bulbs.