We Tell the Truth

After experimenting so much on our physical vulnerability, we decided to explore mental vulnerability but not exclusively related to the group members. To achieve this, we asked people to write a question, based on the instruction that they should think of a time that they have felt most exposed/vulnerable and write down a question relating to it. We asked a wide range of people in order to attempt to gain a conclusive example of general vulnerability, and put all the questions in a box, so they were anonymous.

For the experiment itself, we split the questions into six piles of equal numbers and answered them in front of a recording camera. We decided unfold the questions on film in order to get a more honest emotional response. The space in which we decided to film the questions was also based on our individual vulnerabilities. The two situations that seemed to recur throughout our conversation were in the bedroom, and in public. We therefore decided to film in a group members bedroom, and in a corridor in the LPAC, in which we knew the public would be frequently passing through.

chloe to camera

After going through all the questions, we realised that numerous topics occurred repeatedly, such as sex, relationships, your past and loss. We then realised that despite the wide variety of people asked, vulnerability seemed to revolve around a few common themes, though none of the questions delved deep enough into our specific vulnerabilities to make us feel truly exposed. We therefore re-wrote some of the questions, keeping the original idea but slightly changing the wording, and assigned them to specific people. The person answering the question had not seen it previously, ensuring we still got the honesty we initially set out to achieve.

 

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