Art April 2, Modern Love or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies explores the state of love and human bonds in the age of the Internet, social media, and high capitalism, probing how the digital sphere, the impact of technology giants, and neo-liberal practices have transformed love, social relations, and the way we interact with one another. The accessibility of the Internet to an ever-greater number of people has had liberating effects, encouraging and empowering more open and diverse lifestyles , contributing to the dissolution of interpersonal orthodox conventions and social constrictions, and crumbling taboos and biases around gender and sexuality.
Modern Love or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies looks at how the Internet has facilitated the expression of non-heteronormative sexual identities , especially in societies where queerness or non-binary sexuality are considered taboo, or even forbidden.
It also explores the human pathologies associated with the commodification of emotion and the effects of digital dependency on relationships, as well as the issues that arise when the boundaries between the public and private, as well as the virtual and the real, become more and more fluid.
The Covid pandemic and physical distancing have added yet another challenge to achieving fulfilling, intimate and meaningful human interaction. Modern Love or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies is as much about individuals as it is about the systems of control that bind us together.
Equally, it is about new societal patterns, investigating the challenges and possibilities that the Internet and social media presence. It recognises love as a potent emotional force and intense psychological bond between people that give meaning to our lives in ways that no other interaction, object, or experience can. How can love be rescued from the claws of capitalism and the corporate technosphere?
