At the point that most viewers start to operate the piece so that it reads the space, they begin to feel fatigue, regaining self-consciousness of their body, creating an awareness of their engagement in the type of behavior that the narrative of the work is referring to, the construction, determination and propagation of cultural notions of body types and gender identities. Thus, the interactive process serves to specifically locate the gaze in the viewer, implying that the act of viewing is an active act of participation in the discourse.

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