I Want You To Want Me

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Andrew Price
Former Web Editor, GOOD.is

April 21, 2008 • 8:00 pm PDT
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Jonathan Harris, whose "Whale Hunt" project we covered here, created "I Want You To Want Me," another of his inventive, data-driven art pieces, for the MOMA's recent Design and the Elastic Mind exhibit.

In this latest work, Harris culls text from myriad dating websites to present a panoramic view of the human quest for love online.

We especially like the looks of the "openers" movement. There's something tender-and more than a little melancholy-about that initial, anonymous attempt at alleviating loneliness.

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