Silent Interest is an ongoing conceptual project that translates emotional experiences into the structure of a financial ledger. Inspired by the logic of compound interest, the work examines how subtle, often overlooked emotional moments accumulate over time, shaping an individual’s internal state without immediate visibility.

Rather than focusing on dramatic events, Silent Interest records everyday emotional transactions — moments of restraint, encouragement, neglect, self-discipline, or quiet endurance. These experiences rarely produce instant consequences, yet they continue to accrue, much like interest in a silent account, gradually influencing behaviour, perception, and self-worth.

The project adopts the visual and linguistic language of accounting — balance, income, expenditure, accumulation — to question how contemporary systems quantify value, productivity, and emotional stability. By reframing emotions as an invisible economy, the work exposes the tension between measurable systems and internal, non-quantifiable human states.

Silent Interest does not seek emotional resolution or optimisation. Instead, it functions as a reflective mechanism, inviting viewers to confront the long-term impact of emotional governance, self-regulation, and societal expectations embedded within everyday life.