"During the spiritual marathon of Nocturns, a few monks in the abbey church at Cluny would invariably begin to nod off. This was the cue for the light-bearer, who made the rounds of the chilly choir with a dark lantern (absconsa), to pause beside the drowsy brothers and direct the light toward their faces."

— Katherine Allen Smith in ‘Light and Landscapes in Latin Monasticism’

These origami lanterns are reimagined absconsas which exploit the way parchment folds, moves, and diffuses light. For this installation, 10 were suspended in the ante-chapel of Christ's College Cambridge during Advent—the spiritual season dedicated to finding light in the darkness—alongside Gregorian chants and thurified incense.

The series was inspired by imaging techniques used in manuscript analysis, which reveal anatomical features preserved within pages of medieval manuscripts.