ScreamNow: Inside/Out



Video documenting my art practice leading to the project ScreamNow, an interactive public art project allowing the visitor to experience the transformative act of screaming and the possibility to see a visualization of their scream.


Inspired by the French Medieval “crieur public”, ScreamNow is the first public screaming booth of an upcoming series. The artwork takes a fundamental yet repressed human expression to generate visuals seen inside and outside of the booth.

ScreamNow : Inside/Out evolved to reflect our current social distancing and deeply transformative times. The new set up expands in space with a studio, adding the concept of Inside/Out to the project’s original purpose of offering a sanctuary for people to scream their heart out.

The screams from inside each of us are released outside in nature, shielded by the open booth structure. Recorded via a microphone in the booth, the screams are processed inside of the studio. Flower petals picked from the outside world are covering the walls of the studio where the recorded screams are transformed into visuals and projected back outside onto the booth.

The screamer instantly sees the visuals empowering her voice.

Simulation for the project on Governors Island, Building 10A, Noland Park, 2020



Sample screamer using the booth on Governors Island, Building 10A, Noland Park, 2020



Inside of the studio, the walls are covered with a gradient of pressed rose petals, creating a womb like atmosphere. Governors Island, Building 10A, Noland Park, 2020



Inside of the studio, detail view. Governors Island, Building 10A, Noland Park, 2020



Projection of the visualization of the screams inside of the studio. Governors Island, Building 10A, Noland Park, 2020



Scream visualization using Max 8, 2020.







Final test session with artist Jemila Mc Ewan, 2020



Screaming session with artist Katherine Benneth, 2020



Screaming session with artist Eugene Bluford and friend Sakhia Hurst, 2020



Screaming session with artist Eugene Bluford, 2020



Screaming session, Governors Island, 2020



Screaming session, Governors Island, 2020



Booth on site, 2020



ScreamNow: Inside/Out was possible thanks to Harvesworks New Works Residency, 2020