Touch Me Tell, A Children's Exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art by Melanie Bonajo

How many people do we interact with each day? Is holding hands an act of intimacy? You are invited to perceive your emotions in this Touch Me Tell exhibition. We live in a cerebral world, spend too much time online, and often turn ourselves off, says Touch Me Tell artist Melanie Bonajo. Emotional intelligence can be developed by listening to your current emotional state, so this is your chance to know how you truly feel. Bonajo deals with the meaning of contact and intimacy in an increasingly marginalized and commodity-centric experience. This work also emphasizes contact and intimacy, given the limited physical contact and isolation during the pandemic. The exhibition hall was designed in a circular shape to allow people to hold hands and spin around. The circular shapes of the hall and the people inside it were designed to fit together like puzzle pieces. The placed structures are made in the form of flat pillows and rounded islands. The tactile sensation is activated in a soft space, encouraging thinking through touch. This exhibition is about realizing and acknowledging what makes you feel comfortable returning your body to a state of self-regulation and agency. When we feel safe in that comfort, we can be more empathetic and kinder to each other.