Valie Export

Tapp und Tastkino (Tap and Touch Cinema), with Peter Weibel, 1968 EXPORT strapped a small box, a miniature movie theater with a curtain over the front, to her bare upper body and went out into the street, while Peter Weibel used a megaphone to invite passersby to reach in and touch. It flipped cinema's usual arrangement: instead of watching a woman's body on screen in the dark, the "viewer" had to make physical contact in public, face to face with the person they touched. It was performed in several European cities, including Munich and Vienna, between 1968 and 1971. The original box was destroyed; the one shown today is a 1999 replica made by the artist, alongside photographs and short videos. EXPORT died in Vienna in May 2026, aged 85.