Turned on, In Range, Ready to Pair
Installation, variable dimensions, stud wall, pine wood, ceramic tiles, car seat leather, steel rings, usb-c cables, Bluetooth chips, concrete, plaster, ceramic, 2019
Begining from the early 2000s, the use of Bluetooth created a covert form of digital cruising. By renaming their devices, queer people, mostly gay men, reclaimed their presence in public space, which allowed them to communicate surreptitiously. Short radio range of bluetooth requires this digital method to incorporate with the physical space. Turned on, in range, ready to pair explores the legacy of queer space and its transformation through technology. Each object within the installation is equipped with a Bluetooth chip that transmits a short poem as the name of the device to the digital environment. The objects seep into the digital layer of the city hoping to be found, proposing different strategies of occupying space and articulating desire.
Devices
can_host /
pine studs with plywood panels, flange,
bluetooth chip, lion batteries 7 ft x 9 ft
fr_sodom_to_gomorrah /
embossed car seat leather, metal hook,
bluetooth chip
stud_6ft /
decaying pine stud, latex, bluetooth chip
spoiled /
french cleat shaped pine wood hooked on
can_host, acrylic paint, bluetooth chip
9in_deep /
cast concrete, resin, water, bluetooth chip
always_always_always / cast concrete, resin, water, bluetooth chip
looking /
flex pipe, plaster, rockite, bluetooth chip
party_n_play_20lb
concrete, steel wires, black pigment
bluetooth chip
pleasure_n_punishment_25lb
bluetooth chip