Isolation Hug
This project is an inquiry into rethinking and rebuilding our physical and virtual boundaries, memory tactility, and memory preservation. How does the private enter the public domain?
In early 2020 a new term – social distancing – entered our life. Proxemic zones – the intimate, the personal, the social, the public – became our daily topic of conversation. First, we all saw people imitating hugs from a distance by stretching their arms in the air. Next, we saw DIY hugging devices and “socially-distanced-hug” mems. And later, in the years 2020 and 2021, we all read reports on the mental health impact due to the deprivation of tactile contact with family and friends.
Whether it is narrow or wide, a person big or small, weak or strong – how can one measure the hug or quantify the energy it gives? The feelings of the giver and those of the receiver?
For the project, I ask for mathematical measurements of the hug, thus registering a matter of fact and the memory of the moment.
If you choose to share a photograph on social media capturing the moment of taking measurements of your hug, please tag #Ihugproject (previously used tag #jerseyisolationhug)
Everyone regardless of age is welcome to participate.
Hugs Given updated daily
Hugged by: Peter
Hug width: 174
Hug height: 146
Hugged on: 15. Oct 2020
Hugged by: Gracie
Hug width: 167
Hug height: 134
Hugged on: 24. Sep 2020
Hugged by: Robert
Hug width: 176
Hug height: 150
Hugged on: 24. Sep 2020
Hugged by: Layla
Hug width: 100
Hug height: 163
Hugged on: 24. Sep 2020
Hugged by: Tim
Hug width: 173
Hug height: 130
Hugged on: 7. Jul 2020
Hugged by: Solomon
Hug width: 107
Hug height: 80
Hugged on: 16. Jun 2020
Hugged by: Andrew
Hug width: 208
Hug height: 196
Hugged on: 9. Jun 2020
Hugged by: Bear
Hug width: 170
Hug height: 135
Hugged on: 3. Jun 2020
Hugged by: Nicola
Hug width: 170
Hug height: 140
Hugged on: 31. May 2020
Hugged by: Tania
Hug width: 148
Hug height: 132
Hugged on: 31. May 2020
Hugged by: Vlad
Hug width: 157
Hug height: 128
Hugged on: 31. May 2020
Hugged by: Victor
Hug width: 174
Hug height: 146
Hugged on: 31. May 2020
Hugged by: Ben
Hug width: 175
Hug height: 145
Hugged on: 28. May 2020
Hugged by: Yonah
Hug width: 100
Hug height: 70
Hugged on: 13. May 2020
Hugged by: Owen
Hug width: 118
Hug height: 93
Hugged on: 11. May 2020
Hugged by: Max
Hug width: 109
Hug height: 88
Hugged on: 11. May 2020
Hugged by: Zoya
Hug width: 144
Hug height: 170
Hugged on: 11. May 2020
Hugged by: Yulia
Hug width: 166
Hug height: 141
Hugged on: 11. May 2020
Hugged by: Sasha
Hug width: 175
Hug height: 145
Hugged on: 8. May 2020
Hugged by: Glyn
Hug width: 190
Hug height: 145
Hugged on: 8. May 2020
Hugged by: Klim
Hug width: 110
Hug height: 113
Hugged on: 5. May 2020
Hugged by: Katya
Hug width: 160
Hug height: 140
Hugged on: 1. May 2020
Hugged by: Daphne
Hug width: 156
Hug height: 123
Hugged on: 27. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Melisa
Hug width: 173
Hug height: 140
Hugged on: 27. Apr 2020
Hugged by: William
Hug width: 195
Hug height: 192
Hugged on: 27. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Nick
Hug width: 181
Hug height: 150
Hugged on: 27. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Maxim
Hug width: 100
Hug height: 83
Hugged on: 24. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Alyona
Hug width: 154
Hug height: 134
Hugged on: 23. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Annoushka
Hug width: 150
Hug height: 129
Hugged on: 22. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Olga
Hug width: 165
Hug height: 137
Hugged on: 18. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Andrew
Hug width: 180
Hug height: 156
Hugged on: 18. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Margaret
Hug width: 161
Hug height: 141
Hugged on: 17. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Linda
Hug width: 170
Hug height: 135
Hugged on: 15. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Jasmin
Hug width: 160
Hug height: 136
Hugged on: 11. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Mia
Hug width: 84
Hug height: 73
Hugged on: 11. Apr 2020
Hugged by: David
Hug width: 185
Hug height: 145
Hugged on: 10. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Inna
Hug width: 169
Hug height: 135
Hugged on: 7. Apr 2020
Hugged by: Phoebe
Hug width: 133
Hug height: 100
Hugged on: 5. Apr 2020
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