The transparent inflatable structure surrounding the figure is not a protective shell but a Social Skin—a symbolic boundary formed between the individual and society. Although the body remains visible within it, it is simultaneously protected and defined by the structure that surrounds it.
Rather than concealing the individual, the transparent surface mediates the relationship between the self and the outside world. It becomes the means through which the individual is perceived, recognized, and situated within a social context.
I regard this structure as a metaphor for the social environment that envelops the individual. The Social Skin exists as a fluid boundary between protection and constraint, belonging and distance, stability and vulnerability. Within this shifting surface, identity is continuously shaped and renegotiated.
This work explores how the structures that surround us can provide a sense of protection while simultaneously defining our movements, our relationships, and the ways in which we are recognized by others.
