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We carry embarrassment in silence. We harbor private evidence of public failure, replaying embarrassing scenes in isolation, convinced they are uniquely ours. But the moments we hide most carefully are the ones we share most universally. Through bold graphic depictions centering and diffusing the shame around embarrassment, this project makes visible what we've been carrying alone. Our private mortification becomes a collective recognition.

Accidentally Visual: Visualizing Embarrassment

Shriya Awade

Thesis Exhibit full wall
Art Directed photos around embarrassment.

Thesis exhibit full wall

Close up wall one

Close up of corner in exhibit

Interactive element in thesis exhibit
Close up of interactive wall

Thesis critique with Silas Munro

Close up of typography details 

People writing for the interactive wall

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