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Skin Hunger is an experimental short exploring touch and intimacy in modern society. As we have become increasingly focused on communication and connection digitally, we are neglecting our primal need for physical human contact. Skin Hunger is a term used by psychologists for the desire for physical contact with another person. It may be the longing for an embrace, or the need for connection that can’t be met with words, a call, a text or even video chat.

Skin Hunger - Eelena Horgan

Powered by the Touch Board

The art installation ”Ich verstehe nichts / I don’t understand” is a set of musical instruments, which are intended to be watched, touched and heard.

There are three elements in the set: The Spindle, The Egg and an object without any name.Both The Spindle and The Egg are powered by the Touch Board. Each of them has 12 touch-sensitive areas (aluminium electrodes) responding to touch by generating sound. Thanks to the use of MIDI, the sound is modified, depending on the time of touch and the number of active fields.