‚Giving space to an empty space‘ is an ongoing investigation into personal family history through autotheoretical artistic practise. The work manifests in diverse forms of expression: sculptural objects, AI generated images, archival pieces and immersive installations. With ‚Giving space to an empty space‘ Bay centers their research on the female voices spanning three generations of their personal family history, from the early 19th century to the present, examining processes of uprooting and migration through intimate narrative constructions. Bay’s artistic methodology translates theoretical concepts into material as well as sculptural dialogues, where personal observation and autobiographical memory merge to form new authentic narratives.

The integration of AI-generated imagery serves as a conceptual starting point for Bay’s installation, creating a parallel between the construction of artificial databases and human memory. Bay confronts AIs presumed promises of objectivity with memory as a self-reflexive archive. Their works often maintain dialogical relationships, contextualising each other as retellings or continuations of narrative threads.

With 'Giving space to an empty space' Bay creates productive spaces of ambiguity - moments where knowledge gaps and fluid interpretations enable new meanings to emerge. These deliberate uncertainties allow for the interweaving of digital and physical space, collective memory and personal reconstruction, transcending mere documentary approaches to family history.