Xingyu Huang





Insomniac Bear
2022


Isolation induces emotions to hover on the edge of tension. When we depart from home and become dispersed individuals, physical distance obstructs interaction with familiar groups. How do our bodies cope with these emotional needs? I systematically investigated the ramifications of isolation on affective states. 

Starting from the symptoms of insomnia, I looked at inanimate dolls as a way to deal with consciousness repeatedly hovering on the edge of wakefulness and sleep. There is no doubt that it is a kind of emotional compensation, a physical mapping of one's untouchable virtual communication, so that one can live alone and feel at ease with a physical entity in the real world after having communicated with a person on a cold electronic device. 


Insomniac Bear
Canon760D

Xingyu Huang