Emanuele Fortunati
Earlier work · Portraits

How Do I Feel Today? But Really

Solo exhibition · Participatory · Augmented reality
2023Barcelona area
The project

21 portraits, each an emotional state I lived, painted instinctively in black, white and magenta on pieces of old road maps: a map of my emotional world. Visitors first noticed what each face stirred in them, and only then read the emotion it stood for. The same emotion turned out to be universal and personal at once.

Nine portraits carried an augmented reality layer. Pointing a phone at them started a short video, a story told in the first person, and then a question for the visitor. Collecting all nine unlocked a final piece. The experience was available in English, Spanish and Italian.

2023

The exhibition

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Visitors at the exhibition How Do I Feel Today? But Really
How Do I Feel Today? But Really, 2023 · The exhibition
Visitors at the exhibition How Do I Feel Today? But Really
How Do I Feel Today? But Really, 2023 · The exhibition
Try it

The augmented reality still works

Open the experience on your phone, allow the camera, then point it at any of the nine portraits below, on this screen or printed. Each one starts its story.

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QR code to open the augmented reality experience on a phone
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Augmented reality

The nine augmented portraits

Each one opened a story and a question.

Portrait for the emotion Joyful
01Joyful
Portrait for the emotion Contented
02Contented
Portrait for the emotion Dejected
03Dejected
Portrait for the emotion Mad
04Mad
Portrait for the emotion Hurt
05Hurt
Portrait for the emotion Hollow
06Hollow
Portrait for the emotion Hopeless
07Hopeless
Portrait for the emotion Lonely
08Lonely
Portrait for the emotion Ecstatic
09Ecstatic