An exploration of understanding digital intimacy and the human desire to be seen - to see - and understood or reflected. Building upon ideas of sex/intimacy / and the book "Lurking by Joanne Mcneil." Our yearning to search drives human connection. The internet, at its best and worst, leaves us at a crossroad of juxtaposition: [alienation - community] [anonymity - visibility] [centralized - decentralized ] [physical and digital] [friend and stranger] [autonomy and constraint]
is the internet a person or a place? are we what we search for? and how does the integration of the internet / social media blur the lines of our AFK identities and digital personas? How does social media influence our desire to connect, our ability to organize ourselves in relation to one another, build community, and build lasting deep friendships?