Ai Wei Chloe Looi

The first mode of research is emotional awareness. For thirty-one days, I recorded my thoughts in a journal using poetry, writing, illustration and photography to express my abstracted mind on paper. The juxtaposing effects of control and variegated marks produced an irregular rhythm for each day.

The second mode of research explores the physical awareness of individuals responding to instructions, environment and other parties in the same area. It was a one-day workshop of five to seven participants that reproduced commands found on a screen. This investigation is to learn about their internal thought-process as they navigate a limited space.

The third mode of research is spatial awareness. This area of outcome is an extended section of physical perception and visualises the sensibilities of space. I used a variety of materials to construct a room of sorts. Some of the journal entries (from the first mode, emotional awareness) inspired the imageries of these created realms. 

A collection of short stories where a flurry of fragmented emotions takes shape in a place called the House. These beings wander the frameworks of their world, tied to an infinite realm of space and time. On their journeys, they confront creatures of many kinds tailored to their natures as they search for their other half as a means to become whole again. 

The fourth and final mode of outcome is narrative, which is an amalgamation of all gathered research in this journey of interoceptive studies. This area is an assemblage of my internal self, spatial creation and physical acumen toward the things around me. The book 'Hidden Corners of The Rim-Edged World' is the development of narratives loosely based on my feelings running amok in a world so deep (in our unconscious state) where humans can never reach. It is a place where these feelings are born to live as their selves, and this narrative is their own story to tell.