Kissing Simulator
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Description
Kissing Simulator is an interactive sculpture that uses biometric data—specifically the viewer’s heartbeat—to trigger synchronized heat and vibration, mimicking the sensation of a kiss. But this kiss isn’t shared; it’s programmed, calculated, and emotionless. Through this mechanical gesture, the work questions what intimacy becomes when it’s automated, sensed by machines, and performed through code rather than feeling.
Rather than asking whether a machine can feel, the piece flips the question back to us: What does it mean when we begin to trust or even prefer artificial responses over human ones? In a world increasingly shaped by dating apps, emotional AI, and feedback loops, Kissing Simulator reflects on the outsourcing of emotional labor, and how intimacy—once unpredictable and reciprocal—has been flattened into something measurable, repeatable, and ultimately hollow.
Year: 2024
Medium: interactive sculpture