selina.shah
connected
2009
The cyber debate is full of discussion about the evolution of post-bodies, the diminishing of the 'real' and the exemption of sensitivity. In her video, Selina Shah explores how digital technology imposes its own dynamic on the development of personal relationships. Humans increasingly interact via machines, permitting unspoken desires to be verbalised through text. Can fantasy be reached in this limitless space? Or is access to the Internet disabling human senses, inhibitions and, ultimately, 'real' intimacy?

Her work on cyber reality and cyber relationships originated in a persistent questioning of her perplexed reaction to this†entity of interwoven digital minds and responds to the regression of connecting with souls worldwide whilst†breaking down relationships with those in close physical proximity. The video connected, questions what the future holds for the continual yearning for something more fantasmatic?
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