PEOPLE TAPPING ON DIFFERENT ITEMS

PEOPLE TAPPING ON DIFFERENT ITEMS brings together 150 videos selected from YouTube, most of which show women’s hands tapping their fingernails on everyday objects and surfaces. These gestures belong to the online culture of ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response), in which sounds and visual stimuli can evoke a tingling sensation and a feeling of deep relaxation.

The installation consists of three iPads connected to loudspeakers and a mixer. Played simultaneously, the videos transform individual acts of tapping into a layered, percussive soundscape.

Through the interplay of hands, objects and screens, the work explores consumerism and intimacy in the post-internet age. Everyday objects become instruments of sensory attention, while gestures recorded for an online audience enter a shared physical space.