Conceptual Exhibition Design
‘Broadcasting Faith’
Exploring the connection between religion and television through the style of 1980s televangelism. The exhibition shows how TV turned religious messages into a large public spectacle, combining faith, performance and mass media.
Concept
The exhibition presents televangelism as a cultural object. Sermons, TV studio sets and broadcast equipment are displayed like museum pieces. Visitors explore how television turned religion into a powerful mix of belief, persuasion and entertainment.
Spatial Design
The exhibition unfolds through a sequence of immersive environments that mirror the structure of a broadcast.
Archive Hall – Walls of vintage televisions and VHS recordings documenting early religious broadcasts.
Broadcast Studio – A recreated televangelist stage with cameras, lighting rigs, and choir platforms.
Testimony Gallery – Video installations featuring miracle testimonies and audience reactions.
Donation Hotline Room – A space filled with ringing telephones and live donation counters, referencing fundraising broadcasts.
Six rooms, illustrated in sequence:
I — The Sanctuary — lavender-rose pews receding toward a gold cross, altar cloth and Bibles at the front.
II — The Corridor — deep wood-panel perspective with teal carpet floor, ceiling tile strip lights, and a framed portrait of Christ at the vanishing point.
III — The Broadcast — a CRT television on a wood shelf, scanlines over the presenter's figure, flowers flanking her, screen glow bleeding into a dark room.
IV — The Performer — a white-suited figure center-stage, arms raised, microphone in hand, ringed by golden halo circles and dramatic light rays.
V — The Office — the golden "GOD" telephone on a wood-paneled wall above a desk, pushbutton keys, a King James Bible alongside a notepad.
VI — The Waiting Room — a hand-painted sky ceiling with cumulus clouds and light rays, floral couch below, a landscape painting on the adjacent wall.
Design Language
Neon scripture-style typography
Velvet textures and 1980s broadcast graphics
Gold accents referencing prosperity theology
Multi-screen video installations and projection walls
Visitor Journey
Visitors move from observer to participant, gradually stepping behind the scenes of the televangelist broadcast. The experience reveals the mechanics of persuasion while highlighting the theatrical nature of televised faith.