​Touchy-Feely: Seoul
June 13 – August 9, 2025
Sensoriums: 06.15., 06.20., 06.21., 06.28., 07.1.
Alternative Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea  

Organized by Sound Art Korea & supported by: Seoul Metropolitan City, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Arts Council Korea, & the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Korea
*𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘺-𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺 is a project initiated at West Den Haag, curated by Baruch Gottlieb and Ji Yoon Yang.
Photos courtesy of Alternative Space LOOP

Participants: Melanie Bonajo, Minja Gu, Hyunju Kim+Gwanghee Jo, Jooyoung Lee, Mary Mellor, Suzana Milevska, Ana Nikitovic, Jean Rim, Yo-E Ryou, Melissa Steckbauer, Jing Tan, Natasha Tontey


For this project I shared new iterations of The Sensorium.  
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The Sensorium is a participatory workshop that explores interpersonal intimacy and bodily autonomy through tactile and non-verbal interaction. In each session, participants are invited to articulate the sensory conditions —such as temperature, scent, aural sensations, gesture, and degree of physical contact—they feel comfortable with. Fellow participants respond with sensitivity, creativity, and care.

Through this attentive exchange, individuals are encouraged to communicate their desires and boundaries clearly, which are respectfully honored within a temporary collective of mutual sharing. Engaging with everyday objects as mediators, The Sensorium opens space for new, creative sensory encounters. All participants are expected to adhere to the Code of Conduct.

Care work requires creativity, imagination, and deep attentiveness to the needs and preferences of the cared-for. Convening artists for whom body work is central to their practice, "𝘛𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘺-𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺" relates interpersonal physical contact, touch, and tactility to feminist curatorial methodology. 

This two-month exhibition was continuously transformed through a program of workshops, discussions and other activities.

LOOP offered the first printing of the hand rawn, Antifascist Tarot. 

The poster image (not depicted) is based on the film still by Ritz Ofner from Mending and Bending Remedies Beneath the Palm Tree, 2015