What does it mean to love in the Internet age? How are digital interfaces reshaping our personal relationships? What do new technologies imply for the future of the romantic sphere? How do screens affect our sexual intimacy? Are the new means of connection shifting the old paradigms of adult life?

The advent of the Internet and smartphones has brought about a split in the romantic lives of millions of people, who now inhabit both the real world and their very own “phone world”. In terms of romance and sexual intimacy, these phenomena have generated new complexities that we are still trying to figure out.

By bringing together the work of several international artists, the exhibition Data Dating attempts to explore new directions in modern romance: new forms of intimate communication, the process of commodification of love through online dating services and hookup applications, unprecedented meeting and mating behaviors, the renegotiation of sexual identities, and changing erotic mores and taboos.

Data Dating is curated by Valentina Peri in partnership with Galerie Charlot Paris.

Image credits: Deep Love by Antoine Schmitt, Face Messenger by John Yuyi, Tom Galle, Tinder VR by John Yuyi, Moises Sanabria, Tom Galle

List of artworks

!Mediengruppe Bitnik Ashley Madison Angels at Work in London

Tom Galle, Moises Sanabria VR Hug

Tom Galle, Moises Sanabria, John Yuyi Tinder VR

John Yuyi, Tom Galle Face Messenger

Antoine Schmitt Deep Love

Olga Fedorova Green Room

Olga Fedorova The Myth of Female Solidarity

Adam Basanta  A Truly Magical Moment

Jeroen Van Loon Kill Your Darlings

Thomas Israel Peeping Tom

Addie Wagenknecht & Pablo Garcia Webcam Venus