"I Want You To Want Me"
Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar
commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art for their "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition
Mining data from online dating profiles, Jonathan Harris and Sep Kamvar have created a romantic, bittersweet peek into the human psyche. This video tour of the "I Want You to Want Me" installation ends on an up note - apparently "intelligence" is the top turn-on for online daters! Still, the sight of all those balloons bumping randomly past each other in the sky serves as a reminder that finding love anywhere, online or in meatspace, is a total crap shoot.
Humanities & Social Science
Comments
This is perhaps the most unique portrayal I've seen of seeking a mate in the digital age (a subject that always intrigues me). Very interesting!
Posted by: Dana | January 14, 2009 1:49 PM