Swipe Right
Video, 2023
About the artwork
Inspired by the Tinder app and explores the darker side of modern-day connection-seeking. Through flaming faces and hands, the video portrays the commodification of life, where even relationships are just another transaction. The visuals oscillate between fun and dark, playing with the phrase synonymous with liking someone and agreeing to be hooked up.
No sound
Audio explanation
Listen to Alsoguppyme discuss this work.
Alsoguppyme makes surreal images out of the ordinary, twisting them until they feel both funny and unsettling. Midlife shifts leak into the work — the cracks, the restlessness, the changes you don’t quite have words for. She follows those glitches as they turn into strange reflections of daily life.