Name: Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye
Director: Ilona Sagar
Released: 2015-10-09

Question 1

What is Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye about?

Accepted Answer

Ilona Sagar’s newly completed film, Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye, combines references to affective computing, flat design, haptic technology and virtual design systems with historical and medieval studies of the glass delusion. This condition was an external manifestation of a psychiatric disorder recorded in Europe in between the 15th to 17th centuries. The first clear glass, cristallo, was invented 15th century, and it was around this time that the glass delusion was first reported. People feared that they were made of glass, pottery and wood and therefore likely to shatter into pieces. In modern times, the glass delusion has disappeared, accounts of people believing themselves to be materials have been replaced with the development of neurological terminology such as hypochondria. The exhibition unpicks the corporal dialect of the contemporary body and reveals the relationship we have to it as both an advanced and primal signifier.

Question 2

Who appears in Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye?

Accepted Answer

Cast info is available on the title page.

Question 3

What genre is Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye?

Accepted Answer

See genre info on the title page.

Question 4

How long is Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye?

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Episode info is updated when available.

Question 5

What year was Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye released?

Accepted Answer

Haptic Skins of a Glass Eye was released in 2015.