(un)occupied
An interactive installation about virtual volume, intimate distance, and social co-presence
(un)occupied is an interactive installation that aims to visualize the invisible volume extending beyond the human physical body.
Every person has a tangible body size, but at the same time, we carry a virtual volume—a fluctuating space shaped by cultural background, social status, intimacy, and emotional state.
This volume is fluid: it expands and contracts depending on who we are with and the context we are in. It is a silent expression of social relations.
There is a kind of spatial state that exists between “occupied” and “available”—an ambiguous superposition that is neither fully taken nor completely empty.
I call it: (un)occupied.
Thermo-sensitive Interface
Virtual Body Volume
Embodied Sociology
Presented at Yajiuma Ginkō, Yoshida Dormitory,
Kyoto, Japan, July 2025