Smart Pantheon

  • Author

    Myriam Thyes

  • Country

    Germany, Switzerland

  • Duration

    00:06:00

  • Production year

    2016

  • Type

    video / experimental video

  • Category

    Artwork

  • Tags

    repetition, video collage, smartphone, hand, touch, sensual movement, display, communication

Hands of various people use their smartphones. The displays don't show any app - only the sensual movements of the hands. Each pair of hands plays both roles from Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" at the Sistine Chapel: God father and Adam, whos fingers touch each other. Smartphones are the new saints to which we cling and who guide us on our ways - they are the amulets of our time.

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