soft relations

Created by artist Tristan Espinoza for their 2019 Level Ground residency, soft relations uses custom software to explore the boundaries between intimacy and surveillance, inviting audiences to reconsider how technology affects our relationships.

soft relations is an interactive software installation created by 2019 Level Ground artist-in-residence Tristan Espinoza. The project draws the overlapping space between participants' bodies. When participants separate, a recording of this shape is left on screen. Espinoza used soft relations to reflect on how we build proximity to one another when that connection gets mediated by technology.

The soft relations installation opened October 18, 2019 at Forge in Lincoln Heights. The show included a Tiny Tech Zines popup library, plus a bar, panel discussion, live performance, and curated, interactive elements.

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