At Hand, CityWall 2010
Touch screen installation for MultiTouch screens
Digital files, custom software
The performers, whose hands are visible in the installation, represent different spatial relations to the city. Some of the participative videos were produced in collaboration with the Free Movement network and a Romani camp in Helsinki. -Heidi Tikka
In the video sequences the participants perform their particular ways of being in front of the camera, while the image is framed onto their hands. The system represents four randomly chosen pairs of hands from the video archive on a large multi-touch screen. Touching any pair of hands reveals a close-up image of the skin, which one may explore in detail by moving one’s fingers across the image. The installation was co-produced with the Crucible Studio at the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture and m-cult and in collaboration with MultiTouch Ltd.
Credits
Concept, production, video work, Heidi Tikka
Software development, Teemu Korpilahti
Co-producers
m-cult
Crucible Studio, Department of Media, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Financial support
Media Factory, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture
In collaboration with MultiTouch Ltd
At Hand City Wall links
At Hand in the Night of the Arts 27.8.2010, video documentation produced by MultiTouch LtdAt Hand and Media Facades in m-cult websiteAt Hand in the Crucible Studio website