Holy smoke! Someone figured out how to make online dating attractive! From the statement by artists Jonathan Harris & Sep Kamvar's statement:
I Want You To Want Me chronicles the world’s long-term relationship with romance, across all ages, genders, and sexualities, gathering new data from a variety of online dating sites every few hours. The system searches these sites for certain phrases, which it then collects and stores in a database. These phrases, taken out of context, provide partial glimpses into people’s private lives. Simultaneously, the system forms an evolving zeitgeist of dating, tracking the most popular first dates, turn-ons, desires, self-descriptions and interests.
I Want You To Want Me will be on display at the New York Museum of Modern Art until May 12.