the unwanted touch

Anatomy of an Intrusive Society

The Unwanted Touch examines the trauma of social intrusion in a time when closeness, opinion, and attention are constantly demanded. The series begins where the disregard for personal boundaries turns into psychological invasion: every unwanted touch — physical or mental — penetrates the individual’s protective membrane and leaves measurable traces.

The motifs depict bodies in a state of continuous defense. Hardening, rigidity, and inner erosion become visible metaphors of a soul that protects itself by freezing. Between shame, disgust, and exhaustion, images emerge that capture the moment of withdrawal — the instant in which a person is no longer reachable.

The series is divided into two groups of works:
noplease — the thematic core, exposing the normalization of intrusion and the resulting emotional paralysis.
defeated. broken. — quiet afterimages that speak of exhaustion, collapse, and inner hardening.

Each work has been manually refined, realized as a photographic print on Alu-Dibond, and presented in a matte black shadow gap frame. The result is a cohesive, precise ensemble reflecting the vulnerability of the human being within an intrusive society.