T.I.N.D.E.R (Together In Network, Distant when Entering Reality)
For this project I was posed the question "What Now?". In response I wanted to criticize the way technology has twisted and morphed into an entity that, rather than connecting us as people as it was originally intended to do, causes distraction and a misconception of what true human connection is. In order to combat this I wanted to criticize this aspect of the Network by utilizing it for its intended purpose of real human connection. This, to me, happens when the Network is used as only a form of introduction to an individual, while the in depth learning of one another happens face to face, with present mind and present body. True human connection is an experience of thought and laughter and self-consciousness. However, in our days society we are too engulfed in our Network to want to think about these things. In this video I invited individuals from a notorious dating app called Tinder, to meet with me in person and open up about themselves while also contributing to art. The product is an amalgamation of juxtaposed personalities, uncomfortable silences, and, in some cases, admission to ones own flaws; a compilation of human connection on a level more true than a text message.
