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Transition The changes of life and
purpose, in and out, night
and day. Life to death.
Represent duality world.

The concept Light and space in traditional Malay houses have a crucial relationship from physical
and spiritual dimension which both have four elements that explain the concept such as orientation,
penetration, distance, and transition. These four elements are parallel to al-Ghazali treatise The Niche of
Light concept that led to the notion of illumination toward meaning and knowledge. This concept is well
connected to triangular structure relation of Hasbulminaallah (Creator), Hasblumminannas (man and
man) and Hasbulminal’alam (man and environment) (Majid, 2017) led to aesthetic experience that receive
by light experiential (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Triangular Structure Relation adapted from (Majid, 2017).

4. Research Design and Method

4.1 Installation art.

Installation art is a unique opportunity create immersive and thought-provoking experiences that
challenge traditional boundaries and engage viewers in a multisensory journey (Bishop, 2005). Installation
art is differs from traditional media (sculpture, painting, photography, video) it addresses the viewer as a
literal presence in the space. installation art history invariably begins with El Lissitzky, Kurt Schwitters and
Marcel Duchamp, goes on to discuss Environments and Happenings of the late 1950s, then Minimalist

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