Intimate Intervention

20222024
Melbourne & New York City

Intimate Intervention catches people mid-adjustment: one person fixes another’s collar, tucks away hair, straightens a strap or brushes something from a shoulder. Care becomes visible at the scale of the body.

The street remains present, but attention closes around the gesture. Touch makes the relationship legible through permission rather than explanation. Who is allowed to approach a face, rearrange clothing or enter another person’s personal space?

The series argues that intimacy is not a location. It is a temporary field of trust formed through access and attention, capable of appearing anywhere while the surrounding world continues to watch.