② Interstitial Order | Boundaries of Breath
Installation \ Speculative design \ individual work
In confined spaces like subway, men often adopt more relaxed and expansive sitting postures, whereas women tend to sit in a more constrained and reserved manner. To uncover the reasons behind this phenomenon, I conducted on-site observations and documentation at subway stations. I outlined and analyzed the postural forms of male and female passengers in the photos I captured, leading me to conclude that there is a correlation between space occupation and gender, prompting my inquiry: What is the relationship between space and gender? Through studying Space, Place, and Gender and subway postures, I concluded: Space is not a static neutral container; it inherently contains a gender order reinforced by spatial practices.
Thus, I designed an interactive projection installation to make people perceive gendered spatial discipline, sparking public reflection on space-gender relations. I metaphorize male sitting postures as cancer cells and female sitting postures as smooth muscle cells—as they respectively exhibit traits of colonial expansion versus adaptive contraction. Using TouchDesigner and Kinect, I created interactive visuals projected on screens.
Output 02
Exploring the Relationship Between Spatial Rain and Gender Order Through Data Between Individual Knees.