We Went To An Art Exhibit That Makes You Cry To ‘Feel Empathy’ 

I don't need the help of a room to make me cry bc I'm always crying

girl: *I have a good cry once a month* me: _pfft rookie numbers_

i thought that they would just put onions in the room... lol

im i the only one who cries about everything??? Mad = cries Happy = cries Jealous = cries Sleepy = cries Hungry = cries Thinking = cries lol im literally a baby trapped in a 13 yrs old's body

for those of you confused about 2:13 the guy is just trying to transfer his body heat to the floor so it would be a thermal "print" of the shape of his body

I GOT NO TEARS LEFT TO CRY...

One of my abstract painting was hanging on the wall at an art exhibition back when I was in school. This one person approached to my painting and said it has such a strong power that it makes her feel very emotional in a sad way. I couldn't tell her that I painted it while I was eating potato chips and was thinking of what to eat next.

1:23 I’m just watching the little boy in the back tripping

“I have a good cry once a month” *oh I have a good cry once a day*

2:13 why is there a guy just lying there in the background Edit: ty for the ones who told me- I literally didn’t know why oof

They both missed the whole point and purpose behind the crying experiment. It was to feel empathy when you see other people cry not when you feel and see yourself crying.

Once upon a time artists, filmmakers, poets, authors moved their audience emotionally with their artwork which made them cry, laugh, love...Today these 'artists' use vapour and chemicals to 'force' people cry and then 'explain' their work with long lectures. And Tate and other galleries applaud them. Bravo.

2:14 who else saw the man lying one the floor?😂😆😭😂😂

When I cry cutting an onion I don't feel "empathy", I feel the urge to get a 400lb sword and go berserk

*i am confusion.*

2:13 I've fallen and I can't get up

I wonder if the camera man was crying🤔

2:13 why is there a guy laying on the floor in the background lmao

The “cry room” is just my bedroom because I cry so often

Background of 2:13 weird guy on floor. Looks drunk.

Maybe if they had really sad pictures in the room, but staring at a blank wall while my eyes burn won’t make me feel any type of way. 🤔

One thing I've learned for sure is that you can't cry if you don't have eyes

Well it forces your eyes to water. Not cry or feel sympathy.

I went on a field trip to the Art Institute in Chicago when I was in 3rd grade. I saw a painting that was literally just paint splatters in a circle, and I felt something. My group was yelling at me to join them because I was just a little girl standing in fron of this painting, staring at it. I starred at all the colors intertwining and envisioned a man splattering everything on in the most angelic way. I felt a pang in my heart when my teacher pulled my wrist away from the painting so I could catch up with my group. I dont remember the name of the painting or the artist, and I honestly wish I remembered what it was called.

I imagine psychopaths like to chill here to blend in

I’m confused

I have been in this room... It smells like Olbas but ten times stronger, and it took me a little while before I could take full breaths, because it burns your lungs.

The room is filled with a chemical substance to force people cry. What is life.... I still can’t believe it’s called an“Exhibit” 😂😑

1:54 that guy in the back is me. Lol 😂

Damn..... WHO TURNED ME INTO A ROOM?

1:53 The guy who just lays on the floor is such a mood😂

Im literally crying right now just seeing this video.

*laura lee has left the chat*

But how to stop crying ?

*”I have a good cry once a month”* Girl I have a good cry once a minute

I was in this room today and it physically hurts! As soon as you walk in ur eyes burn and cry.

Seriously . A room for crying 😂😂😂. Come to my house the smoke from the firewood will make you cry.

*jokes on you guys, i already cry 24/7*

I just watched a whole season of this anime and I cried so hard I still have tears in my eyes

I have been here shape of light exhibition we were on a school trip and we were drawing from the artwork and getting inspiration I also went on grey floor and crying room it’s so cool!! they add peppermint to the room☺️

2:12 that guy in the back is a phat mood

1:24 The little boy falling down.. Edit- in 2:12 why is that man lying down on the floor...🤣🤣

The idea of this artist is very interesting. First, she's making the spectator a part of the work, making them almost the work itself with their crying and their footsteps. She creates a situation of forced participation. It stops you from being a simple by-standard in order to explain, representing that there's no other way that we could think about the issues on our own anymore. The most interesting piece is the crying room in my opinion. You enter this blank room, with nothing to cry about, but you do. It must be a weird sensation just to cry without a reason, without the desire from our own soul to do so. In a sense, it can help you clear your mind, your body, maybe even help you consider what you should be crying about right now. It gives you the opportunity for introspection. The situation differs if you were with others though. Crying is an intimate experience and sharing that with friends or strangers can create a weird kind of bond. If we see someone crying, we feel them compelled to do something because that's our instinct. The artist is using this to express her point, how we should empathise more, care more about others, open ourselves more. Here crying is also used as a mechanism to criticize our lack of true emotions anymore. We create facades online, one day we care about one thing and the next week we have forgotten that it even existed, we tend to care only about our own interests. In this installation, you are reminded that you need to feel deeper, care about others, take your mask off and experience one of the rawest emotion's humans can feel.

Seeing them all cry made my eyes water and in turn made me cry

How to save time of going there: just go to that small corner of your room at 2:00 am lol

2:12-2:20 was anybody else super distracted with that random guy laying down on the floor in the backround? and at 3:30 the people in the backround? like if you noticed

When we(Muslims) go to kabba(house of Allah), it makes our emotional level so high, it makes us cry, love and forgive everyone for everything. This is real beautiful feeling, that's beautiful crying

‘A good cry once a month” I understand you girl.

I went in it didn't make me cry

Who needs this? When you have... *Infinity war*

1:23 THE KID SLIPPING IN THE BACK I CANT😂😂😂

I bet I'd be balling my eyes out there, cause watching these people "Cry" made ME cry...

*or maybe I could just think about my life*

Three comments saying first 😂🤣

I would start laughing hysterically as tears roll down my eyes. Some people cry while happy, I laugh when I'm sad.

There's a difference between watering eyes and crying. When I'm cutting onions I'm not actually having an emotional response....

Why everyone walks like zombies? Creepy

Big sad

As soon as I saw them start crying - my heart dropped and my eyes watered. Idk why I'M NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM

“have a good cry once a month” sis i have a good cry every day

Yeet

Maybe it smells.like.onion

2:15 the dude lying in the floor and then turns over 😂

You know what?, This would help me out. Because if i'm crying and feeling lonely i'll just go there and pretend that the room makes me cry so i wouldn't get annoyed if someone asks me why are you crying. Good job myself.

Jake Paul needs this

This video made me cry.

The guy in the background at 2:13 is me when my mom tells me to get up for school in the morning 😂😂

I don’t know if I’m the only one but if I think of something sad I can make myself cry.

empathy don't come from forcing, it comes naturally as a child from young

1:53 that random guy that lays on the floor 😂😂😂

1:55 That guy on the left looks like he's having a good time.. 🤣

clicking on this video actually made me cry like my eyes started to water just by clicking and looking at the first girl cry oof?

the whole time i was watching this my eyes watered

That kid lying on the floor @ 1:53 is my mood

Just watching this I started to cry

2:13 the guy lying down is my mood right now

I just make myself cry by remembering how lonely I am and how single I am

Bold of you to assume I need this room to spontaneously burst into tears

That one dude on the floor laying was killing me😂

That’s actually such an interesting concept.

2:13 the guy in the back had my laughing so hard

It's basically one of that room in that one area of a mall or building that makes your eyes on fire

The reason the man was lying on the floor at (2:14) was that the room's floor reacts to body heat, and he was trying to make a full body thermo-print (:

Main reason for the exhibit Looking at people cry for no reason and let them cry, And ofc laugh

2:12 the guy laying in the back 😂😂

2:13 In the background has me dyingggg😂😂😂

i don’t need a room to make me cry , i cry at everything .

2:13 *life be like that sometimes* -The guy on the floor- lmfao 😂

I don’t know why but I started crying in the middle of the video

watching this made my eyes watery

very very very creative concept and idea

I have quite a hard time trying to cry...so maybe I'll try this room out when I travel the world.

It would’ve been better if *Laura* would’ve short her “apology video” in the empathy room.

i was crying watching this

2:13 the guy on the floor in the backround😂😂

this place looks amazing.

perfect for when you want to make an emotional movie

i visited here not too long ago, it’s such a good place to visit

I actually went to London that day! Now I wish I went there! Lol!

"I have a good cry once a month" I have a good cry once a day.