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Coproduction of Ian Howard and the ZKM | Institute
for for Visual Media;
iCINEMA Centre for Interactive Cinema Research, University of New
South Wales
The work emerged from the question of the use of interactive
systems to investigate the way urban and sexual relationships are
located and dislocated through contemporary digital space. The artist
started with the theme of stalking, that is, stalking meaning in
a relationship.
Ian Howard: » ... I decided to explore this theme with my
partner, Lucienne. The interactive structure of SweetStalking allows
viewers to put together their own edited sequences of images and
incidents [the narrative format] that provide information and insights
into the relationship »story«. Additional video sequences,
the random throwing of a dice
[like the hand you're dealt each day], complement the viewer's choice
and
if you are lucky further reward sequences provide deeper insights.«
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