Someone Is Howling Outside My Window
PVC FILM, PLA PLASTIC, WOOD, WOOL, COTTON THREADS, SEA SHELLS, GLASS BEADS, PEARLS, POLYMER CLAY, GLASS, LED LIGHTS, SYNTHETIC HAIR, PAPER, TABLET, DIGITAL VIDEO, BATTERIES, CLAY, COTTON FABRIC, RHINESTONE, SALT, ACRYLIC PAINT
156 x 56 x 30 cm
2025
The first dollhouses appeared centuries ago as displays of wealth, status, and craftsmanship, serving as miniature replicas of their owners' daily lives. Over time, their purpose shifted toward teaching domestic roles and home management. Today, the miniature world has evolved into an open-ended game, free from rigid rules. Yet something quietly sinister remains: the desire to build a perfect world under the player’s absolute control.
For me, the dollhouse became an equally ambiguous space — both a sanctuary from the relentless news cycle and a way to explore the inner architecture of the self, where the external world continuously tries to break in. Using a metaphorical visual language, each room is an intuitive dialogue with the unconscious. Instead of conventional furniture, the space is filled with ciphers and symbols: a boat-bed drifting on crystal waves, a paper theater featuring the Persona, fragments of dreams caught in a night garden, and a glowing bird enclosed within the structure's soft walls. This world is quiet and deeply emotional, and like self-reflection itself, it can be unsettling. It leaves us with a question: who is howling outside the window? Our inner fears, indifferent chaos, or bleak everyday reality?
In search of the answer, moving from room to room, I reconstructed a personal psychological landscape. Grounded in Jacques Lacan’s concept of the unconscious and Donald Winnicott’s transitional space, I explored how to communicate beyond the language of pure logic. Working with craft techniques and tactile materials is both a way of thinking and a mode of dialogue with myself and the audience. While the symbolic language of dreams is referenced, the tangible presence of this miniature world offers a vital connection to the inner self — especially today, as digital reality and artificial intelligence become seamlessly integrated into our lives. A time capsule, a therapeutic tool, a playful dialogue, or a bedtime ghost story — these are all facets of this endless game.