# He Fa on Lady Gaga

The Volume of Transparency

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The images and texts were developed collaboratively by He Fa and AI. The first-person voice belongs to an experiment in character; costume, posture and props are used to develop creative arguments, not as quotations from or summaries of the thought of the figures referenced.

![He Fa on Lady Gaga: He Fa Was Late for the Bubbles' Meeting, generated character image](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/hefa-on/media/cfe73c79203aebb1bf47.webp)

Transparent spheres gather into asymmetrical bubbles at shoulders, waist and above the head, while silver-white clothing connects through them into a complete body. He Fa's face is not duplicated on their surfaces, both hands are exposed at the sides, and thick silver shoes rest firmly on the ground. Lady Gaga's bubble stage image offers an entrance, while I resemble someone whose surrounding air has seriously occupied him.

Hollow things are readily treated as taking up no space, yet these spheres specifically alter the routes of approach. Seeing through does not mean passing directly through; having no opaque wall on the surface does not mean the body has consented to every distance. Through this transparency, I want to question the habit of equating public visibility with availability at any moment.

Bubbles also suggest fragility, but the image shows only shaped spheres; it cannot establish that they may burst at any instant. Actual conditions need separate confirmation, even as appearance has already changed the viewer's expectations of movement. I do not want to exploit a sense of fragility to demand unlimited accommodation, or accept all outside touch because a material looks light. Boundaries should be explainable without first having to be broken.

The silver clothing keeps the inner layer continuous, so the unfamiliar outline still belongs to one adult character. I let bubbles draw out space and keep the cool face at the center, neither pretending to be absolutely open nor turning distance into permanent noncommunication. Anyone approaching can first look at the route, leaving each other room that an illusion of transparency cannot omit. Gaps exist between the shells; passing still requires actual mutual attention.