Lost touch (2024)
Videoinstallation
Duration 12:00
TV, double bed, self made vinyl bed sheets, blanket, pillows, wash tags,
side table, smartphone
Sound Design by Pääsky Piikkilä
Performer Minni Välipakka
The work has been presented at:
Lost touch with, 3H+K Gallery, Pori
Lost touch with / Honey I'm all yours, Gallery Oksasenkatu11, Helsinki
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In Lost touch, a person presses against the surface while its body produces electric sounds as they touches the screen. Person changes from absent to present while staring through the screen, saying something, but the speech is incomprehensible. The work reflects on moments when connection is about to break.
Under every surface there is material, and every material has a surface. I rub it obsessively, like trying to pierce through it. The invisible layer becomes visible only with my oily fingerprints. I touch the glass as if it were your skin, although the surface stays cool regardless of my caress. Apathetic and reluctant expressions reflected on top of you. Electricity hums in my ears as your body collides the surface. It doesn’t withstand abrasion anymore.
