Huyghe shows how art can function as a living system, not just a display. This supports my own push toward artworks that breathe, respond, and dissolve—mirroring the emotional volatility of our overstimulated, fragmented realities.
Claire Bishop’s writings on affective installation art have been central to how I frame audience experience in my practice. In particular, her analysis of immersive works that create emotional resonance—not through storytelling, but through spatial and sensory presence—helped me re-evaluate how my own artworks interact with viewers.
Barrett’s work supports my belief that emotions are not universal truths but shaped encounters—making sensory art a fitting vehicle to explore them.
This piece shows how small, gentle actions in art can talk about big feelings. It taught me how to use materials to connect people through shared emotions.