A description of a haptic encounter with an object in a way which critically and imaginatively examines touch as an embodied and material process. Drawing on a material language from writers such as Derrida and Merleau-Ponty, touch is vividly defined as a fundamental hinge between us, the subject, and the objective world.
The essay explores how natural and digital “skins” act as responsive surfaces that store memory and shape interaction. Through installations that merge bark, skin and glitching textures, my practice explores slower, attentive forms of touch and the ethical relationships that arise when organic and technological rhythms meet.
This essay will discuss my research into touch as a means of exploring the world. It will talk about my practice in relation to rubbing, casting, imprints and printmaking in the expanded field of drawing.