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Cruising
2016

Performance / Duration: 10 minutes

Two visitors of the exhibition follow a personal instruction script. They each hear it through individual sets of headphones. The scripts are synchronized and the combination results in quiet encounter. A relation forms between them, and it ranges from the a promise of romance to an unsettling suggestion of violence.

Look away. Experience some discomfort. Look to your left quickly, then face the other person. They will seem determined and self -­‐ assured. Open your mouth as if to say something.
Bring your face to about 5 cm distance from their face. Look into their eyes. In your head, count slowly to 5.
Experience a change of heart.

Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo 2016

The person you are looking at is attractive. They appear confident, and full of expectation

Look straight ahead of you, and focus on your breathing. Once more briefly scan the room you are in.

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