HANNAs

Every person you meet sees a different version of you. You do not exist as a single, complete being, but as a fragmented collection of others’ interpretations. There is always a gap between how we see ourselves and how we are seen.

Referencing Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, where Gregor understands his transformation only through his family’s reactions, the project questions whether self-perception is ever direct. Identity is assembled from the outside — in fragments, through others. The body becomes a site of reflection, never fully one’s own.

The work begins by showing HANNA as a whole, seemingly complete. Her body soon splits into multiple fragments: their inner surfaces are filled with distorted, cut-up versions of her face, while the outer surfaces keep her original body — reflecting how a person exists in many versions, shaped and scattered by the perceptions of others.