Pod Hotel Brooklyn

POD Hotel Brooklyn

New York, USA

This mural was created for POD Hotel Brooklyn, a space that exists between the ordinary and the extraordinary.

The composition was designed to change depending on where it is viewed from. Rather than presenting a single fixed image, the work unfolds through shifting perspectives.

The central tree motif is based on the actual trees outside the building. By aligning the real trees, the painted tree, and their reflections in the window, the work creates a layered perception where reality and illusion coexist. This reflects the nature of a hotel itself—a threshold between everyday life and something beyond it.

Other elements within the mural reveal themselves gradually. From a distance, the cat appears as a simple black silhouette, but up close it dissolves into a dense network of fine lines. The outlines of leaves and forms are only noticeable upon closer inspection.

Certain elements are intentionally positioned to be partially hidden. The abstract lines in the upper right corner cannot be fully seen when descending from the second floor. Details near the ceiling only become visible when standing close to the wall. Some elements remain almost unnoticed, existing at the edge of perception.

The work also changes over time. At night, reflected light interacts with metallic pigments, producing a different atmosphere from the daytime.

Through these layered conditions, the mural resists a single reading. It shifts through movement, distance, and light.

The work ultimately reflects a simple idea: that perspective transforms perception, and within that shift lies the possibility for new ways of seeing—and being.