Saturday, 19 March 2011

Team Project: Invasion of Private Space

We often don't realize it, but we usually have a space around us that we call "private space". It's in close proximity to our bodies and we tend to dislike anyone entering it without permission. This can be best portrayed by using the example of staring into somebody's eyes. While eye contact is normal and even encouraged during interaction between people, it is usually considered to be rude if you do it to a stranger on the bus for example. Whenever this happens, we tend to become nervous and we may try to avoid the gaze by looking away but no matter what we do, it is unnerving. One says "The eyes are the window to the soul" -- so what if we take 3 people and connect their eyes? What if each eye sees somebody else's eye and there is no way to avoid it? What if you literally stared at 2 people's eyes at the same time while they do the same to you. What will you do?
Will you frantically try to avoid them, will you start comparing the two eyes? Who's calmer? Who's eyes are more pleasing to look at? Who can you relate to more? 

This project tries to answer these very personal questions. It's an exploration of personal space,  an invasion of the "inner space"
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