The Touch Clinic Film (exhibited at London Design Festival 2022)
The Touch Clinic
As we move towards a technology driven society,
The Touch Clinic depicts a speculative design fiction where tactile
As we move towards a technology driven society,
and the creation
of virtual worlds, what would
the ramifications of this future really be?
The Touch Clinic depicts a speculative design fiction where tactile
sensory tools are prescribed to a civilisation starved of touch.
Aiming to provoke conversation, it questions how societies
behaviour would change and what can be done now, to avoid a
future in need of Touch Clinics.
The Touch Clinic probes the question of how changing society behaviour due to technological advancements might affect us in the future. Provoking consideration whether changing behaviour in the short term can avoid the drastic need for Touch Clinics.
Click to watch ︎
I carried out ethnographic research at an occupational therapist department which specialised in treating neurodiverse children. Spending a day observing how they treat children with different sensory needs as well as carrying out interviews with staff about how they treat sensory disorders.
