Artist statement

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Tinder is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

 

(Quote misattributed to Albert Einstein)

 

I’ve been using dating apps, including Tinder, for the past five years. Daily, I perform a repetitive task - swiping left for no, and right for yes. To balance the equation, the universe throws back at me a repeating digital landscape of fish, guns, cheating husbands, and the peak of Pen y Fan. 

 

“I like things to be exactly the same over and over again,” said Andy Warhol, lots of times. “I’m deleting Tinder,” I’ve said, so many more. Loops are for people who are stuck, who can’t see another choice. I feel lonely while I’m swiping, but I worry that I’ll feel it even more if I stop. 

 

If there’s a way to keep my hands still, I haven’t found it yet. If there’s a way to win at Tinder, I think I would have found it by now.