Lingering

AR Video Installation (Sound and video), 2026

Waheedah Binte Muhammad Khaliq
St. Hilda’s Secondary School

In an era where our most precious moments are increasingly preserved as data, Waheedah explores digital space as a contemporary time capsule. With Augmented Reality, she reflects on how personal memories are archived today — stored in the cloud, intangible and invisible until consciously retrieved.

At the heart of the installation, a central crystal serves as a physical anchor for these fragile digital traces, symbolizing the tension between permanence and impermanence. As viewers interact with the work, the rhythmic ticking of a clock underscores the relentless passage of time, reminding us of moments constantly slipping away.

The installation invites audiences to slow down and step beyond the accelerated pace of everyday life into a quiet, virtual sanctuary. Here, memory becomes something to revisit, hold, and contemplate. Through this work, Waheedah encourages viewers to pause, to remember, and to allow fleeting moments to linger — just briefly — before they dissolve into the noise of the digital age.

What surprised you when you allowed yourself to start with play?

When I started with play, I discovered that a single, organic shape could evolve into an entire architectural narrative. I was surprised by how effortlessly a void transformed into a transitionary space once I stopped overthinking the technical constraints and focused on the emotional resonance of the ‘lingering’ gems.

What is one play hack you would like to share to help fellow teacher-artists experiment and create without expectations?

One play hack I would like to share is starting with a placeholder shape. Begin with a single, simple object like a sphere or a stone and build around it. Don’t worry about the final meaning yet; just focus on the space and let the story ‘linger’ until it reveals itself to you.

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