Hand heart

A hand heart is a gesture in which a person forms a heart shape using their fingers.

For the Korean thumb-and-finger gesture, see Finger heart. For the symbol of charity, see Heart in hand.
Hand heart
South Korean singer Chuu showing a hand heart in her fan signing event

The upside down hand heart gesture was noted in art in 1989, when Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and American philosopher Chad Buelow created an art image of the gesture as his first artwork named Family Syntax.[1] The gesture became popular in the early 2010s on social media.[2]

Google patent

Google filed a patent in July 2011 that allowed Google Glass users to use the hand heart in front of any objects, and the gadget automatically recognise the object, takes a picture, and send it to social networks as a "liked" image.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Cué, Elena (2015-01-30). "A Conversation With Maurizio Cattelan". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  2. When Two Thumbs Down Are a Sign of Approval
  3. Google patents the heart hand-gesture to let you 'like' things with Glass
  4. "Google Patented the 'Heart' Gesture and Other Fun Hand Moves". Archived from the original on 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2015-02-08.


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