Kirsten Geisler
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.