ENTER THE FORBIDDEN GARDEN
Mystic Garden
Step through the dark, into a garden shaped by the gaze of others.
The Gaze
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LONG PRESS
Many forms of pain, discomfort, and bodily changes tied to women’s health are often ignored, misunderstood, or simply too hard to say out loud.
They do not disappear. They remain in the body, in emotion, and in the gaze of society.
This project uses interactive video and symbolic storytelling to invite participants into a world between reality and metaphor, where they can experience those long-unseen aspects of women’s health.
This is not just about watching. It is about seeing, understanding, and responding.
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IDENTITY SCAN
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AVATAR
— System Prompt
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Data Monitoring Notice
You have entered our monitored area. To improve our service, we would like to analyse your behavioural data. Do you agree to this data tracking?
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Guide the light to the centre of the screen, find the target, and click
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SCAN 01
Voices of the Body
I am the pelvis
I hold up your body, and quietly carry the weight of new life. Yet so often, I am only noticed when pain begins, or when birth draws near. The rest of the time, I am barely seen at all.
SCAN 02
Voices of the Body
I am the uterus
I was once everyone’s first home, yet I am often left to bear cramps, bleeding, and pain in silence. People are quick to define me, to speak for me, to decide for me, but rarely ask whether I am hurting.
SCAN 03
Voices of the Body
I am the breast
I often cry for help through tenderness, swelling, and lumps, yet the world seems more familiar with my shape than my danger. By the time fear is finally heard, the pain has often lasted far too long alone.
FINAL SCAN
Final Voice
I am the chameleon
I am the chameleon.
I change my colours, not only to hide,
but also to survive in danger.
Everything you have just seen,
is connected to women’s health.
The pain that is overlooked, the organs that are misunderstood,
the bodily experiences forced into silence,
often have to learn, like me, to disguise themselves first,
before they can ever be seen by this world.
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ENDING PATH
CHOICE
You have seen what was hidden on the surface, but the story does not end here.
Next, you may choose a different path to see how it is named, misinterpreted or seen in new ways.
Click the left or right to enter a different narrative path.