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Before Liftoff is a pop-up site-specific installation staged in front of the USC AeroDesign Building. Inspired by the white columns at the entrance, which visually resemble a cluster of rockets waiting on a launch pad, the project reimagines an ordinary campus facade as a moment of suspended departure.
Through projected light, atmospheric sound, and spatial framing, Before Liftoff transforms the familiar campus environment into a cinematic pre-launch sequence. Rather than showing the rocket in flight, the project focuses on the seconds before departure — the quiet tension, the physical stillness, and the emotional weight of leaving Earth behind.
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February 12, 2026
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USC AeroDesign Building
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Pop-up site-specific installtion