SHATTERED – What’s Your Story?

“From the outside, you see nothing;
The turmoil that is hidden, invisible to others.
Domestic violence often is. It happens more often than we realize.
I want to share a story not because you can fully understand but because silence hides the truth.
You might never grasp what it feels like until it touches your own life.
I have broken free; I have reclaimed my self-worth.
Yet the scars remain- reminders of what I endured; and of the strength it took to survive.”

With this project I chose to create an installation to bridge the silence between the public and the unseen reality of abuse. This work is not just an object to look at, but an experience to step into. It mirrors the psychological stages of abuse- subtle, hidden, often invisible to the eye, yet deeply felty by those who endure them.

The installation becomes a space where what is usually concealed is given form. It asks the viewer not only to witness, but to feel, to sense the weight of what cannot be easily spoken. By constructing the installation in gradual stages, starting from normal standing height down to the point where you may need to crawl to exit – the participants experience a gradual shift in bodily orientation and spatial perception asking the participant to do an action.