Sens

A sensory exploration of Embodiment

How do we feel through the screen?

A video meditation on haptic visuality, memory, and perception.

Sens explores the sensory relationship between skin, screen, and perception in this experimental moving image work. Drawing on haptic visuality and somatic experience, Sens invites the viewer to feel, not just see.

Sens | A Sensory Exploration of Embodiment

by Amie Dodgson | Wild Mind Studios

2' 20'' video, 1920 x 1080, 16/9, colour, stereo

2022

Sens is an abstract sensory video exploring embodiment, haptic vision, and touch-based perception. Created by Amie Dodgson (Wild Mind Studios), the piece combines macro footage, colour shifts, and layered sound to create a tactile visual experience. Best viewed with headphones and presence.

About the Work

Derived from the Latin word "sens" (to feel), this piece navigates the subtle terrain between sensation, memory, and perception. Drawing on the concept of haptic visuality - where vision is felt like touch - the film guides viewers through abstract textures and intimate soundscapes that bypass language and activate the body.

Close-up footage and colour flows evoke a synesthetic response, inviting the audience into a space where attention drifts between presence and projection. Sound - including rhythmic metronomes, silences, and subtle diegetic moments - becomes a pulse that bridges thought and feeling.

Becoming the Skin of the Snake (2023)
Shown at VVV-R // Visualcontainer Vegapunk Videoart Residency (Naples)
Sens was exhibited as part of Becoming the Skin of the Snake, a curated programme exploring bodily knowledge, empathy, and intuitive vision. Projected at SuperOtium gallery, the work was shown alongside other experimental pieces engaging with embodiment, transformation, and the unseen.
This work was shaped by my interest in haptic visuality - the idea that we can feel through looking, and that screens can act as a sensory bridge. If you’d like to read more about the research and reflections that informed this piece, you can explore my original writing here:
Read more about the sensory research behind Sens