Tony Oursler belongs to a generation of artists shaped by the impact of the mass media and its formidable power to mould identities, behaviours and psychological states. Although he was already working in video by 1976, he then went on to incorporate this format into installations designed as assemblages of dolls and other figures. Critics have described these works as “a blend of German Expressionism and puppet theatre”. By projecting human faces onto everyday objects, he explores the liquid, fragmentary existence of our time, an age in which the technological image, like an outside mirror, tells us who we are, in which body we see ourselves and what we desire. Oursler has a particular interest in dissociative identity disorder—the splitting of identity triggered by traumatic experiences—and his videos and characters are captivating journeys into the interior of human emotions.