david zink yi
 
Untitled (Deine Hände) - 1999

video
1 min 30 sec

Instructions of different touches are typed into a keyboard, as the actions are transferred into spoken words. The imaginary body is being touched from top to bottom; only the production of the text describing the action is visible.
Because of their different speeds, the spoken and written words keep overlapping each other, so that it is not clear who is providing the impulse.
The recipient can assume the role of the performer by watching the hands on the typewriter; he becomes involved into the action so that he is given the option of an almost physical experience.