Designing Introspection
The Living Gallery: Human Artworks & Self-Discovery
In this unconventional exhibition, visitors were greeted by human performers serving as living artworks. Each visitor selected one of these performers for a personal interaction. The chosen "artwork" then guided the visitor to a specific location in the gallery—a space that seemed intuitively matched to them.
There, the performer offered an invitation: "I'd like to ask you a question. This question will take three minutes to explore. You can answer in as many ways as you'd like. Is that okay?"
This extended engagement was designed with purpose—through sustained conversation, visitors moved beyond their initial, projected responses to access deeper introspection and authentic self-expression.
Capturing Authentic Moments
The minutes that followed were emotionally rich—as confirmed in follow-up interviews conducted days later. To preserve the authenticity of these interactions, we deliberately chose not to film the visitors' experiences. Instead, I recorded only the human artworks answering the same questions, creating a reference point that hints at how the experience might have felt for those who participated.
I continued exploring spaces for introspection, society and self-embrace.