"Touch" , pencil on paper 1998

Synopsis:
«Touch» piece is a new kind of glove. Littles video cams are situated on the fingertip with optic fibers (light for cameras). These cameras are linked to a screen placed on the wrist :
- When the cameras are light off, the wrist screen is showing the wrist skin texture.
- When the cameras are light on, the wrist screen is showing on a random way the camera images.
So when the hand is touching something, materials textures are appearing on the wrist like a tatoo.

Legend:
1 : Video cam
2 : Wrist screen
4 : optic fibers + video cam cables

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