Hello Susan

A wearable device initiates a routine session. Within the confined interface of a watch screen, a woman’s reflection is scanned, aligned, and evaluated in real time. What begins as a cosmetic optimization gradually becomes algorithmic correction: expression becomes deviation, softness becomes error, and standards are recalibrated without pause.

The film explores the intersection of beauty culture and biometric technology, where wearable devices, self-tracking systems and optimization language quietly reshape self-perception. As the system resets and the greeting returns, the evaluation never concludes.

Written & Directed by Susan Weiss (USA).

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