Video and Audio by Eva Papamargariti.
Amidst falling hand-written love notes penned by Plato, Derrida and even Frank Ocean, Eva Papamargariti’s “Soft Touch” explores the growing intimacy between humans and their smart devices. Despite the alienating effects of our screens, the hand still blindly reaches for a phone. Constant connection and stimulation leaves us enthralled—not for another subject, as Papamargariti suggests, but for the device itself.