“The Body Lives Somewhere Else” explores the tension between the physical and the psychological, the internal and the external. In this exhibit, I investigate how language, sound, and materials mediate our relationship with our own bodies, the spaces we inhabit, external expectations, and the way we perceive ourselves. The body is both a vessel and a boundary—a site of constant negotiation between inner experience and external reality. Through the use of spray paint, found materials, video, and music, this work reflects on the often invisible, yet deeply felt, distance that separates us from our own corporeal presence.

The exhibit captures this distance not as a static divide, but as an ongoing, dynamic tension — an interplay between the fragmented, material world and the intangible, mental landscapes we navigate daily.

Themes:

• Estrangement and Alienation: The body as a site of disconnect, where the self often feels fragmented, misaligned, or unreachable.

• Language as a Mediator: Words, both written and spoken, as tools for attempting to bridge the gap between mind and body, but also as sources of tension and confusion.

• The Material and the Immaterial: The juxtaposition of physical objects (found materials, the body) with the ephemeral (sound, video) as metaphors for the distance between what is real and what is perceived.

• Memory and the Fragmented Self: The ways in which memories, identities, and experiences leave traces—both material and intangible—that create a sense of dislocation from the body and self.

• Reconstruction and Transformation: The exhibit suggests that the body and the self are constantly being reconstructed—through external forces (language, materials) and internal ones (emotion, perception)—and that this distance is an ongoing process, never fully closed or healed.

“The Body Lives Somewhere Else” invites the viewer to examine the complex and often uncomfortable distance between their physical presence and their sense of self. Through spray paint, found materials, video, and music, this exhibition examines how language, sound, and material culture shape our experience of the body—sometimes bridging the gap, sometimes deepening it. The work asks visitors to explore the tension between what we are and how we experience what we are.