Project: FuckLove

Medium: Mirrors, LEDs, Wood, Electronics

Interactive Installation Size: 3m X 6 m

This interactive installation explores the meanings we assign to words and how each person’s interpretation of both the word ‘fuck’ and the word ‘love’ can differ influenced by factors like culture, gender, the experiences, and expectations of each individual. Fuck Love brings to mind the notion that we live in a world shaped by technology and algorithms, influences that direct us to read certain items of news, or who to friend, or what to wear.  A machine to tell us who to fuck or who to love, or both, or not to bother at all is not so strange.

Details of installation.
The sculpture itself, consists of two LED infinity mirrors in the shape of hearts, that hang on the wall next to each other.  On a plinth positioned some meters away, stands a third heart made of acrylic, that acts as the machine’s interface, its two sides accessible to two players who stand opposite each other.   A hand etched into each side of the acrylic interface glows, inviting each player to place a hand on the screen.

Once a connection is registered the infinity mirrors on the wall light up, racing through a lightshow, with an ever changing array of colors and lighting patterns, finally settling on a conclusion.