The film "Die Spueren, der Mensch, die Objekte" was made in the pre-war home of a 95-year-old woman in Berlin. The non-renovated space bears traces of intensive and regular use. Objects are used every day, on a repetitive basis, rarely exchanged for new ones. However, my attention has been drawn to modern electronic devices that help women participate in current events. Despite the impairment of hearing and vision, the woman actively participates in everyday life with help of modern device. One of them is the text magnifaying device presented in the video in the first sequence. The saved text appears on the screen. Woman with some difficulties writes and reads notes on the calendar. The computer screen shows the recording enlarged enough for an elderly person to read. Reading seems to be arduous. The woman does not give up and despite the discomfort uses the device further. As she says: "I have to use all these technological devices to continue my every day life." She is mainly left alone with her technological objects at home. Human beign is no longer needed when a speaker named "Alexa" can read a book for her. Is it a how a future of old people will look like? Will technological devices determine our life?
As we can see on the video, the woman creates a record of a virtual trace in the last years of her life.
In my reaserch I have noticed that nowadays the traces we leave behind have more and more often virtual dimension.
