Hajnal Németh

ARTWORK

video art

augmented reality / computer game / human-machine interaction / pleasure / sensors / sexuality

1997

The video shows a hand playing with a small plastic ball which has been fixed underneath. It appears as if the construction were directing the sighs and moans of a female voice in the background. The background music is from a composition by the Greek progressive rock band Aphrodite's Child, active in the early 1970s. A child's hand fumbles with a computer mouse, the type with an upwards facing roller wheel, developed in particular for playing games. The recording itself is a simple documentary: the artist has recorded the hand of a child who is operating a mouse while absorbed in the computer game. (Evelin Páll)