IN THIS BODY, I AM
We, a collective of multidisciplinary artists, stand by our manifesto: “The body is not an object to be judged, it is a personal story to be respected and met with empathy.”
Our exhibition is not about shaping visitors’ beliefs. Instead, it is a space where we share our personal narratives and relationships with our bodies through multimedia forms, such as photo collages, video, acrylic paintings, and performance. Through this, we hope to create a space where each person can relate, reject, or recreate their own relationship with their body, revising the internal voices that have shaped their self-understanding through physicality.
Throughout history, the female body has consistently drawn attention and provoked discussion, while the male body has often remained in the shadows. In many cultures, the female form has been used as a form of currency. Across centuries of art, countless images of women appear, yet the true stories of these models are frequently obscured or overwritten by a male narrative. Within this exhibition we ask what it means today to inhabit a body, to be seen, and to speak through flash.
One of the key challenges contemporary art faces is the fragmentation of human perception, where the body, mind, and psyche are treated as separate, disconnected entities in a society that often judges the body externally, elevates the mind above emotion, and leaves inner processes unseen.
Our project proposes an artistic exploration centered on wholeness. Can art become a space where we integrate the physical and internal self, without reducing it to appearance, gender, or social role?
We believe that the body is a vast archive of experiences, memories, and messages. It’s a language through which we both express ourselves and interpret the world. Often, our body speaks truths we may not yet be ready to articulate. It can reveal hidden emotions and thoughts more powerfully than words ever could.
No matter what we look like, society teaches us we are never “good enough.” People of all appearances are scrutinized, misunderstood, and body-shamed. We are told to fix what makes us different, but our so-called imperfections are sacred. The body is our home, a vessel through which our inner world is made visible and tangible.
We are not here to give answers.