There is Something to be Seen
Participatory Installation | 2020
There is Something to be Seen is a participatory installation that emerged during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world collectively entered a period of enforced stillness, isolation, and inward reflection. In response to this moment of rupture, I invited individuals from across the globe to capture a photograph from a window in their homes—a simple yet profound gesture of witnessing and connection.
The project brought together 126 participants from 33 cities, each offering an intimate glimpse into their lived reality during lockdown. These images, gathered from disparate geographies, collectively formed an installation that speaks to the universal longing for connection—both with one another and with the natural world that lay just beyond reach.
The window, as both subject and symbol, plays a central role in this work. Architecturally, it separates the interior from the exterior; psychologically, it becomes a threshold between the self and the world. In art history, the window has often signified hope, transition, and the unknown—appearing not merely as part of the composition, but as a conceptual device that invites looking outward and inward at once.
In this work, each submitted image becomes part of a larger visual and emotional tapestry—an archive of stillness, vulnerability, and shared humanity. By assembling these fragments of daily life into a single installation, Through the Window transforms private perspectives into a collective portrait of global solitude and interconnectedness. The piece speaks to the universal need for connection—with each other, and with the natural world that remained visible but out of reach.
This project reaffirms the poetic and symbolic power of the everyday—offering a moment of reflection on how, even in isolation, we remain linked through common desires, memories, and the quiet act of looking outward.
