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Echo Prison | Self-Discipline under the Gaze of Ghosts
digital media \ storytelling \ individual work
Individuals actively adjust their behavior due to the "imagined gaze of others" even in completely private settings with no actual observers present. From this, I argue that human behavior is not only influenced by real interactions but, more profoundly, shaped by imagined social expectations. Social discipline has permeated the depths of consciousness, becoming an instinct for self-monitoring. Thus, I have created an experimental short film using Blender, translating self-discipline under such "phantom gazes" into visual symbols. The work aims to reveal how social discipline is internalized as an instinct of self-monitoring, and to provoke discussions on whether the "wall of discipline" serves as armor or a cage, and whether we should break free from it or coexist with it.
This helps reveal the phenomenon where social discipline is internalized into the instinct of self-supervision, and allows the audience to discuss during the viewing whether the wall of discipline is armor or a cage, and whether it should be broken free from or coexisted with.