“Stalk Me to the End of Love”: Mutual Watching and Intimate Affections through the Use of Smartphones

Abstract

“Stalk me to the end of love” is a speculative project of artistic investigation and social experimentation in the digital sphere that questions the way in which affective relationships occur when technological devices mediate them. The project proposes a hyper-surveillance space between equals (peer-to-peer watching) by creating a smartphone app. The app creates a random connection between two users who don’t know each other, allowing an unusual bond of communication and surveillance. In that sense, the main interest in this project is to question the construction of intimacy through the performative use of personal technological devices, as well as the way we are affected in our daily lives by constant and ubiquitous surveillance.