Anisha Baid: Self-Portrait as Tech Support, 2022

Ergonomic mousepad (silicone mousepad with 4-color print, blisterpack)

Edition of 50/$50 each

An artist-made product where a webcam photograph is reproduced on a series of editioned foam mouse pads designed to help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome and wrist pain. The work appropriates a digital vernacular culture of anime characters’ bodies appearing on similar ergonomic mouse pads, replacing it with a low-resolution image of the artist in her studio, as her practice attempts to investigate the interface through the lens of computer pain.