Touch as a Method: Unfolding the Play of the Field and the Publicization of Intimate Experiences

Free Touch raises the question of "public touch" through one-on-one touch interactions in public spaces. Touch, as a medium that reveals the interconnectedness of all things, is not just a physical act. It is also a way to shape or dissolve one's boundaries through the sensory perception of the skin, encompassing or isolating the other.
The project seeks to manifest a presence that transcends the here and now through the touch among artist/participant/onlooker/space, revealing individual life experiences and the historical, social norms, and social frameworks embedded in the environment. As a movement, its declarations, meanings, and forms will change according to the choices and responses of the people, events, and objects involved in the space.