In magazine layout design, the position, scale, and distribution of images are not neutral decisions; they are editorial operations that encode intention. This project begins by identifying the page on which the hand appears most prominently within a given publication. The spatial coordinates of that appearance—its exact placement within the layout—are then extracted and systematically applied across all pages.

This method isolates the “location of the hand” as a structural element rather than a representational one. By repeating this coordinate across multiple pages, the work emphasizes the hand’s positional agency within the visual logic of the magazine. The gesture is no longer tied to its original narrative or photographic context; instead, it becomes a spatial constant that reveals how editorial design frames, distributes, and hierarchizes bodily imagery.

In continuity with Whispering Hands (2022), this project treats the hand not as an expressive symbol but as a spatial event. Through recursive placement, the hand’s “place” becomes legible as a design principle—an index of how bodies are organized, circulated, and regulated within printed media.