Techsuality is the name of the upcoming exhibition on May 4th about the nature of sexual interactions via computers. There is a lot that can be read from the piece, the main part being that communicating through a computer is not what it feels to be. The cold reality is that you are sending all your love to a computer displaying text.
The installation has a lot to do with creating atmosphere. Two computers interact sexually using only the OS sounds that come with their software. A PC running Windows XP and a Mac running Snow Leopard OSX transfer sexually named files making normal sounds construed as sexual.
The installation has been through alot of revamps, we isolated on the important part and eliminated the unnecessarily complicated parts. The piece originally involved mannequins and disc drives, and the narrative was longer. However over time we simplified to convey the main point of the piece.
That said, we haven't ended some of our plans to add a little character to the installation. We will have dry ice for a sense of ominous creepiness. We may add a red or blacklight to convey the sexual head shop atmosphere further. We will siphon off our section with walls and a black curtain, the curtain will have each of us rotating dressed as bouncers to check ID's of younger visitors. How much of this make it into the final project depends on whether these things add or take away from the piece in action.
Here is a look at our poster:
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