Marvelous Container — Questioning the image of our physical self

The installation is a shifting landscape composed of physical human features. As visitors step in front of the scanner—a tall object that guides its users with visual and audio cues—multiple recordings are taken, and the landscape reshapes itself to incorporate these new features. No filters or modifications are applied. Just raw, unaltered representations. This contrast to the polished, idealized images we often present on social media encourages visitors to see themselves and others in a new light. By walking through the installation, they can explore these unfamiliar portrayals of themselves and others.

In an era where our interactions are increasingly digital, the urge to capture and present our physical self in a digital format intensifies. More than ever, we create photos and videos to show others who we are. We are rely on technology to create these images, but they don’t necessarily show us reality. The outcomes are often distorted, modified or lacking in variety. We identify ourselves with the one-sided and warped perspective of the selfie and it has become commonplace to use various image enhancements that are embedded in social media that seem to annihilate imperfections. In response to this, The Marvelous Container is part of an ongoing research where new tools are developed that expand the ways we perceive and represent our physical selves.