tactile is important

I am very devoted to creating direct tactile experience for viewers. I think too much of our culture is mediated by reproductions and representations of life on glossy pages or via various types of screens. Our society often gives the illusion of familiarity and connection while pure tactile experience is becoming increasingly rare. The feeling achieved through actual direct contact with situations or objects outside the sphere of one’s everyday life threatens to be forgotten.

I think more and more, we don't know how to relate to things unless it is in terms of buying/selling. A fantastic example of this was provided by my friend Leah in a class discussion the other day... She was on her way home rather late one night & a man who lives on her street (literally on the street) & with whom she has become friendly had a whole bunch of frozen fish. He offered her some saying that it would thaw and go bad before he could use it all. She thanked him but declined and said goodnight. The next morning when she saw him he told her that he ended up selling it for $2 a pound and getting rid of it all.

Do we really not trust things unless we can know their worth even if it's completely arbitrary? We know how to look through books, we know how to interact with TV screens, computer screens and movie screens. But, what do we do when confronted with an object or thing in the world that does not so easily fit into a catagory?