# Touch touching Canonical: https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching Touch touching, 2014. Any surface suitable for projection. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa. 2014 / Any surface suitable for projection Coloured circles fill an image whose scale depends on the space of projection. Touch touching, 2014. Image from the artist’s portfolio. Artist He Fa Date 2014 Medium Any surface suitable for projection Dimensions Variable, determined by the exhibition space ## Work record Touch touching, 2014. Any surface suitable for projection. He Fa’s role: Artist: He Fa. Work / series Touch touching Date 2014 Medium Any surface suitable for projection He Fa’s role Artist: He Fa Catalogue section Selected works Cite this record: Touch touching · 2014 · Artist: He Fa · [https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching) ## From photographs to a projectable image This 2014 work appears alongside the Wu images in the same portfolio, but its medium is specified as “any material suitable for projection,” with dimensions determined by the exhibition. That specification allows the image to leave a fixed print format and enter another surface and scale. ## Contact within the image Green and blue-black gaps form channels between rounded orange-red clusters. The eye moves between coloured masses and their edges; contact can first be read as shapes approaching, crowding and separating. This tactile association arises from the visible image. The portfolio’s title and medium alone do not establish touch sensors or audience interaction. The source page also specifies neither a separate running time nor a particular installation. Archive reading, 30 September 2026 · Site editorial interpretation, not an artist’s statement. Sources: He Fa Portfolio (PDF), p. 21. English is an editorial translation; document titles are translated where needed. ## A corresponding Photoshop working file The retained Photoshop file quan.psb contains a 23,622 × 23,622-pixel image. A sampled preview of its composite image corresponds to the arrangement of colour clusters and channels in Touch touching on page 21 of He Fa Portfolio (PDF). The file’s fixed pixel dimensions and the work’s stated variable projection dimensions are recorded separately. The sampled correspondence does not establish the complete layer contents or final-output status, nor does this file alone demonstrate animation or a realized exhibition. Archival file comparison · 30 September 2026. Based on a sample of the retained PSB’s composite image and He Fa Portfolio (PDF), p. 21. English is an editorial translation. ## Archive note Prepared from page 21 of the artist’s retained portfolio, He Fa Portfolio 3. Chinese titles follow the source; English titles are translations for this site unless already given in English. Images retain their full composition. Dimensions refer to the version listed in that portfolio. ## Continue exploring ### Wu Works titled Wu reorganize photographs across landscapes, portraits, coloured points and writing. ### Lose losing An image experiment specified for projection on a surface at a variable scale. TAKE A PATH ACROSS ## Other paths from this work. Body and presence A surface appears; a body is seen [Touch touching](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching) ↔ [Illusion](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/huan) Touch touching retains a medium specification of projection-suitable surfaces; Illusion presents bodies against white in light boxes. Both make images visible through light, but their titles establish neither touch interaction nor a continuous movement sequence. 2014 / Any surface suitable for projection 2011 / Photography, light box Read the source materials Period document [From photographs to a projectable image ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching#chapter-1) The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/huan#chapter-1) The body in the first portfolio image is set against white, with no support visible; the photographs are not labelled as successive stages of motion. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=huan) Body and presence ### A surface appears; a body is seen [Touch touching](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching) ↔ [Illusion](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/huan) Touch touching retains a medium specification of projection-suitable surfaces; Illusion presents bodies against white in light boxes. Both make images visible through light, but their titles establish neither touch interaction nor a continuous movement sequence. 2014 / Any surface suitable for projection 2011 / Photography, light box Period document [From photographs to a projectable image ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching#chapter-1) The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. Work image [Images and presentation ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/huan#chapter-1) The body in the first portfolio image is set against white, with no support visible; the photographs are not labelled as successive stages of motion. The body in the first portfolio image is set against white, with no support visible; the photographs are not labelled as successive stages of motion. Language in transit Paper and light do different work [Touch touching](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching) ↔ [Paper Screening](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/paper-screening) Touch touching assigns images to projection-suitable materials; Lisa’s Paper Screening brings drawings into spoken accounts. Both use supporting surfaces, but projection and participants’ own making are not interchangeable. 2014 / Any surface suitable for projection 2020 / Collective drawing, live narration and workshops Read the source materials Period document [From photographs to a projectable image ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching#chapter-1) The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. Period document [Bringing paper onto the stage ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/paper-screening#chapter-1) The November 2020 project text and 26 November report record Lisa-led drawing, presenting drawings and participants’ responses, with individual authorship retained. [Continue from this work ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/crossings#work=paper-screening) Language in transit ### Paper and light do different work [Touch touching](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching) ↔ [Paper Screening](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/paper-screening) Touch touching assigns images to projection-suitable materials; Lisa’s Paper Screening brings drawings into spoken accounts. Both use supporting surfaces, but projection and participants’ own making are not interchangeable. 2014 / Any surface suitable for projection 2020 / Collective drawing, live narration and workshops Period document [From photographs to a projectable image ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/touch-touching#chapter-1) The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. The portfolio records any projectable material and venue-dependent dimensions; the title alone does not establish touch interaction. Period document [Bringing paper onto the stage ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/paper-screening#chapter-1) The November 2020 project text and 26 November report record Lisa-led drawing, presenting drawings and participants’ responses, with individual authorship retained. The November 2020 project text and 26 November report record Lisa-led drawing, presenting drawings and participants’ responses, with individual authorship retained. FROM HERE, ELSEWHERE ## Passages between works ### Related records in the archive [Wu ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/wu-2013-2014) 2013–2014 [Lose losing ↗](https://hefa.p4theater.cn/en/work/lose-losing) 2014