Soft Control
Name(s) of graduate(s):Elisavet Moysiopoulou
2025
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Soft Control deals with body dysmorphic disorder and the question: What does it mean to think of the body beyond normative ideals of beauty? The work does not understand distorted self-perception as an individual phenomenon, but rather as an expression of structural body normalization that feeds on societal ideals of beauty. Between the self-image and the social gaze, a dysmorphic space emerges that is characterized by alienation, shame, and self-control. The design practice makes this space visible.
Soft Control understands design as a political practice that can reproduce or challenge norms. How can we create images that do not discipline, but rather open up new spaces of visibility and acceptance? And what if we could finally stop disciplining ourselves through images – and start connecting through them? How real is a perception when it differs radically from what is visible?
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Credits Video: Eli Zaza Moysiopoulou
Elisavet Moysiopoulou
2025
Description
Soft Control deals with body dysmorphic disorder and the question: What does it mean to think of the body beyond normative ideals of beauty? The work does not understand distorted self-perception as an individual phenomenon, but rather as an expression of structural body normalization that feeds on societal ideals of beauty. Between the self-image and the social gaze, a dysmorphic space emerges that is characterized by alienation, shame, and self-control. The design practice makes this space visible.
Soft Control understands design as a political practice that can reproduce or challenge norms. How can we create images that do not discipline, but rather open up new spaces of visibility and acceptance? And what if we could finally stop disciplining ourselves through images – and start connecting through them? How real is a perception when it differs radically from what is visible?
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