are you alright? encounters with strangers
DESCRIPTION
The status of interpersonal communication is shifting (for those not resistant or plain terrified) to an unprecedented level of disclosure. Global social networking sites – Facebook and Twitter in particular – encourage us to broadcast our urges and emotions, our loves and loathings, to anyone we deem fit to sit in the audience. It is the dawn of digital telepathy. Still, for now, it’s performance, a selective choreography which can leave you wondering, “But how are we really doing?” This project is called “Are You Alright? Encounters with Strangers.” The hope is to mine a little deeper than the throwaway, one-line existential update by connecting face-to-face and asking intimate questions.TRANSCRIPT
