Dunseath, J and Squires, K (2022) Touch Type. Skelf [online], 4 May 2022 - 1 October 2022.
![[img]](/15152/11.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/Touch%20Type1.jpg) Screenshot from 'Touch Type' by J ... | ![[img]](/15152/12.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/Touch%20Type2.jpg) Screenshot from 'Touch Type' by J ... | ![[img]](/15152/13.haslightboxThumbnailVersion/Touch%20Type3.jpg) Screenshot from 'Touch Type' by J ... |
| Item Type: | Exhibition |
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| Creators: | Dunseath, J and Squires, K |
| Abstract: | “Emulation is posited in the first place in the form of a mere reflection, furtive and distant; it traverses the spaces of the universe in silence. (...) And in this duel, the two confronting figures seize upon one another. Like envelops like, which in turn surrounds the other, perhaps to be enveloped once more in a duplication which can continue ad infinitum.” - Foucault, M. The Four Similitudes, Chapter 2: The Prose of the World from The Order of Things (1970). As we look at the screen, only the touch of our fingers on the keyboard connects our bodies. Are we emulating a non-human presence which in turn, emulates us? 'Touch Type' tries to understand the disembodied experience of communication through digital mediation. The keyboard acts as a sensual touch pad, allowing fingers to extend into letters which when touched haunt the adjacent screen. The dissociatiedness in digital communication dwells in the intra-action of the human and non-human, of presence and absence of passivity and action. This interaction creates hiccups, stutters and confused breakdowns, allowing mis/communications to splinter off. |
| Official URL: | https://www.skelf.org.uk/touch/JDunseathKSquires/T... |
| Date: | May 2022 |
| Funders: | Arts Council |
| Event Location: | Skelf [online] |
| Number of Pieces: | 17 |
| Medium: | interactive website/film series |
| Measurements/Duration: | various |
| Note: | Produced for Touch - Skelf. Created by Jenny Dunseath and Kate Squires and edited by Chris Churcher with support from Claire Undy/Skelf. This project is supported using public funding by Arts Council England. There are sixteen films attached to the keys: A, S, D, F and J, K, L. Most films have sound. Touch - Skelf is a virtual project space, accessible to anyone, everywhere. Touch Type is part of a series of four exhibitions on the theme of 'Touch' and exploring what this might mean in a virtual context. Each exhibition has been created specifically for Skelf, working with artists whose practice often relies upon a physical encounter, and reimagining their work immaterially to see what further possibilities are presented. The 'Touch' series includes work by artists Jenny Dunseath & Kate Squires, Davinia-Ann Robinson, Holly Graham and Flora Parrott & Kelly Large. There is an accompanying podcast by Mark Beldan exploring all works in the series. Each season (comprising of four new virtual exhibitions and a podcast released over a six-month period) has explored themes that feel incompatible with an online experience. The work from the previous two seasons, ‘Movement’ (May-October 2021) and ‘Gesture’ (November-February 2022) is all available to explore in the Skelf archive. |
| Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Art, Film and Media |
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| Research Centres and Groups: | Art Research Centre |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2023 09:54 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2023 09:56 |
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