The Closest I Could Get to the Sun creates an immersive environment where viewers watch and listen to a Skype video conversation between the artist, Shaghayegh Cyrous, in San Francisco, and her mother in Tehran, Iran. Her mother walks around her garden, describing it for Cyrous, who can not return home due to travel restrictions in the United States and political threats in Iran. The Closest I Could Get to the Sun explores our ongoing attempts to substitute digital proximity for physical presence, oscillating between a hopeful potential for meaningful connection and a frustrating lack of closeness. 

The spectator would have to wear a cover shoe provided before entering the space. The spectator would experience a space covered with a white color that represents the dream world. While you sat on the swing, you could grab a headphone and listen to the artist's narration of the situation before she gets into the airplane (where the title came from) to the United States as you stay watching her conversation through a video chat with her mother and the garden, the shadow on the swing changes slowly from right to left and fade and appear from the right again. Simultaneously, you can hear the smell of a Hyacinth flower, which her mother also shows in the video, while the spectator experiences the whole piece.