What's the border between the search for intimacy and the violation of privacy?

44 digital photographs, agglomeration of pixels

The project UN(NAH)BAR originated from a search of intimacy during the time of social distancing, in which interactivity and socialization was drastically restricted. As most people, I was physically separated from most of my relatives and friends. With various tools and media I started a series of “Annäherungs-Versuche” (attempts to get closer), trying to overcome the limits of the implemented regulations.

The project explores the meaning of connectivity, through tools within the cyberspace, which are often used for monitoring. The potential monitoring apparatus was therefore changed in its funtion during the search process. Between the search for intimacy and the violation of privacy, the question arised: To what extent can the existence of these tools be justified if there seems to be no restriction to enter someone else’s privacy?