Chris O'Shea's Hand From Above

Hand from Above from Chris O'Shea on Vimeo.

This was up all last month on the main screen in clayton square, liverpool. I passed it by at first unknowingly,  I heard an unusual sound and looked up to see a video of myself being tickled by a giant hand, one of the single most surreal experiences to happen to me yet. It took a few seconds before i figured out what was happening and then i found myself intrigued by the video.

"Chris O'Shea's Hand From Above encourages us to question our normal routine when we often find ourselves rushing from one destination to another. Inspired by Land of the Giants and Goliath, we are reminded of mythical stories by mischievously unleashing a giant hand from the BBC Big Screen. Passers by will be playfully transformed. What if humans weren’t on top of the food chain?

Unsuspecting pedestrians will be tickled, stretched, flicked or removed entirely in real-time by a giant deity.

Hand from Above is a joint co-commission between FACT: Foundation for Art & Creative Technology and Liverpool City Council for BBC Big Screen Liverpool and the Live Sites Network. It premiered during the inaugural Abandon Normal Devices Festival."