Hand Gesture

ARTIST

Wu Juehuei

YEAR

2008

COUNTRY

China

MEDIA

Mechanized Installation

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Tools shape the way people work and function.

For instance, people are used to the set-up of a keyboard if they were to spend a lot of time using a computer. Many “short-cut” keys on the keyboard are designed for the user’s convenience. And these “short-cuts” are the ones shaping or even controlling people’s habits of using computers. It has been considered a good habit to press (Ctrl + S) to save the materials you are working on periodically. Thus, many people would unconsciously press Ctrl + S more than needed as if such action calms their conscious. A simple keyboard had its users forming various and numerous habitual hand gestures. And these common hand gestures perhaps provide people with some sort of comfort or excitement to a psychological level, and even therapeutic function.

A keyboard is only a small piece to the puzzle, there are also the handle of a joy pad, cell phone, steering wheel, etc.

Biography

Wu Juehui was born in 1980 in Hangzhou. He first worked as a graphic designer, later began his career in media art. From 2003 to 2006 he studied at the Graduate program of New Media Art department of China Academy of Art. After graduation, he stayed and became a professor of the school.

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