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Kirsten Geisler

1949

Touch Me

1999

Details

  • Type

    Time-Based Media

  • Material and technique

    DVDs; DVD player; cables; touchscreen

  • Subject

    Video installation; computer animation

  • Dimensions

    40 x 35 x 5 cm

  • Identifier

    H mav 2003-55

  • Source

    Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

About the artwork

Is beauty set to become increasingly artificial in the future? Kirsten Geisler predicted this development even before the turn of the 21st century. This interactive computer animation shows the stereotypical ideal of female beauty: slender, white, with an even complexion and eternally young. The facial expression changes when the artwork is being touched. This digital person is only able to respond: a subservient woman, resembling many of the technologies we use today, like Siri and Alexa.

FRANS HALS MUSEUM

Groot Heiligland 62, Haarlem

Open Tuesday – Sunday

11 am – 5 pm

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