As high-fidelity AI agents increasingly populate our digital world, what separates us from these shadows of ourselves? Proof of Personhood (2024) is a projection-mapped art installation that represents this phenomenon through the shadows of absent people cast across an empty room by a lone spotlight. They stroll about in silence, punctuated only by the sound of their footsteps. Titled after the digital verification mechanisms designed to confirm humanness online, this immersive experience asks what it means to coexist with the artificial echoes of humanity.

Proof of Personhood was developed as a proof of concept for the Research and Development (RAD) space in Lee Gallery of Asian Art Museum.