Saya Woolfalk

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What future do we want to live in?

Immerse yourself in the rich and colourful world inhabited by the Empathics—a fictional community of women with mixed racial and ethnic identities who have traits of both humans and plants. The Empathics represent a vision for a future where diverse cultures will develop deeper empathy for one another. With their own style, symbology and folklore, the story of the Empathics weaves elements from science fiction, mythology, anthropology and Eastern spirituality to envision a utopian world founded on empathy. Watch the women morph and transform, reimagining the world in multiple dimensions.

Saya Woolfalk explores hybridity, science, race and gender, drawing on science fiction and fantasy to reimagine the world in multiple dimensions. Born in Gifu City, Japan, and now based in New York, her vivid immersive installations and luminous environments have been exhibited in museums around the world including the Newark Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Whitney Museum of American Art and many more.

Installation photography: Matthew Stanton

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