“Cheese”, 2000 by Christian Moeller. On camera, six actresses each try to hold a smile for as long as they could, up to one and half hours. Each ongoing smile is scrutinized by a emotion recognition system and whenever the display of happiness fell below a certain threshold, an alarm alerted them to show more sincerity.
»The Pump of Anxiety« and »Misery and Happiness« taken from Rev. Luke Murphy’s »PowerPoint Art, Graphs and Relations: The Anxiety Graphs«. The graphs present a picture of unification and provide a home for free-floating anxiety by joining thought and feeling along sets of reputedly indisputable axes.