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TOUCH THE FLOOR AND LICK YOUR FINGER
EVA VEI
TOUCH THE FLOOR AND LICK YOUR FINGER
‘Touch the floor and lick your finger’ aims to reveal the anxiety, isolation, and contradictions embedded in the lived experience of fear of contamination (germophobia). Each image in this series examines the tension between the constant desire for cleanliness and the overwhelming sense of unease that accompanies it. By focusing on everyday objects, compulsive washing, selective eating and touch, this project examines the thought processes behind seemingly simple daily actions, which can become ritualistic, obsessive, and exhausting when influenced by an anxious state of mind.
‘Touch the floor and lick your finger’ aims to reveal the anxiety, isolation, and contradictions embedded in the lived experience of fear of contamination (germophobia). Each image in this series examines the tension between the constant desire for cleanliness and the overwhelming sense of unease that accompanies it. By focusing on everyday objects, compulsive washing, selective eating and touch, this project examines the thought processes behind seemingly simple daily actions, which can become ritualistic, obsessive, and exhausting when influenced by an anxious state of mind.
EVA VEI
(b. 1996) is a Greek visual artist whose projects revolve around notions of communication and intimacy within everyday interactions.
Through quasi-documentary strategies and non-linear visual narratives, she tackles issues of identity and belonging whilst probing at the boundaries of the photographic medium.
Vei holds a BA in History and Theory of Art from the Department of Fine Arts and Art Science at the University of Ioannina. She is also a graduate of Athens’ Focus School of Photography and New Media.
(b. 1996) is a Greek visual artist whose projects revolve around notions of communication and intimacy within everyday interactions.
Through quasi-documentary strategies and non-linear visual narratives, she tackles issues of identity and belonging whilst probing at the boundaries of the photographic medium.
Vei holds a BA in History and Theory of Art from the Department of Fine Arts and Art Science at the University of Ioannina. She is also a graduate of Athens’ Focus School of Photography and New Media.