The word “missing” carries multiple layers of meaning: something absent, something lost, something longed for; what once existed, what ought to exist, and what we still believe must exist somewhere.

In this work, participants breathe into a balloon, infusing it with their feelings and intentions, then write words that express what their hearts desire or what they feel is missing in society. As they re-encounter the words they have written, they gently release the balloon into the space. By writing what is missing, it is moved outward; by feeling it again, it is taken back inward. Through this sequence of actions, a moment emerges in which personal absence and social absence overlap.

The balloons drifting through the space carry individual words, crossing paths as if engaged in quiet dialogue. As an installation, the work seeks to present the state of missing not as something negative, but as a point of connection—a margin open toward the future.

The balloons, which also form a collective of unfulfilled wishes, gradually deflate over time. Their fragility reflects the vulnerability of ideals and hopes, while quietly affirming the value of continuing to imagine, even so.