DATING SOCKS

Dating Socks is a continuation of my public art project Match (dat) sock.
I made a window installation at ATA on 992 Valencia st, SF.

http://www.atasite.org/2014/03/match-dat-sock/

My intention was to finally bring the socks to life as if they were real characters to explore the connections between people and their different back grounds.
I set up a city landscape made with tape and let the sock characters hang out to meet each other at the same time that I made dating posts all over the "city".

Those are the sentences that I used to represent the aim for finding a partner mixed with the brief idiosyncrasy that the dating online sites have in a complex human world.

As the public entered the space I offered them to pick a random sock in which I previously put one of those messages as a way to make the installation interactive.

Here are some examples of the messages.

 

-Smart Wool seeking intelligent match.
-Red sox looking for a home run.
-Fishnet looking for a good catch.
-Thermal sock looking to warm your sole.
-Footie looking for a fetish partner.
-Pirate sock looking for some bootie!
-Single striped, knee high, looking for solemate.
-Tye Dye looking for multiple partners.
-Polka dot looking for sugar daddy.
-Saylor sock looking for first mate.
-Rainbow toe looking for same sock marriage.
-Garter belt looking for control top.
-Hipster sock looking for a mustache ride.
-Old wool, some holes, looking for a darn fine lady.
-Poly bland looking for a salty dog.
-Tube sock looking for a science geek.
-Ginger sock has no sole.


And here are some photos of the window.