Touch
2002
Director software, Mac Computer, 17 inch LCD computer monitor, touch screen, drywall, stainless steel frame, paint

Touch is a series of touch-activated computer animations. The animations take the viewer through an experience of healing and injuring human skin in which they have no control over which is to occur. The experience is one of anticipation and apprehension as well as satisfaction and revulsion. The order and manner in which these are perceived, however, depends on the experiences that the viewer brings to the work. The piece presents issues of agency and expectation with the body as a site for exploring our own desires.

Reviews:
Helfand, Glen, "Pet And Touch: Two digital artists bring the organic body onto the computer", SF Gate, July 2002

Special Thanks to Reuben Lorch-Miller