How can you learn to intentionally observe your surroundings? Guiding Gestures responds to this question in the form of a gallery inspired by the practice of figure drawing.

How can you learn to intentionally observe your surroundings? Guiding Gestures responds to this question in the form of a gallery inspired by the practice of figure drawing.

Figure drawing is a highly observational and grounding act that compels its creator to engage with a subject in great detail. This thesis explores methods for translating these qualities into a space that leads visitors toward a new frame of mind.

Through moments of connection, light and shadow, distortion and parts of a whole, the space is composed into a narrative of observation that connects people to their surroundings.