Marry Me?

In 2012–2013, I posted flyers asking for marriage all around NYC and recorded the received answers on an answering machine. Every day the machine was full of strangers' voices, either asking for true love, a fuck, or insulting me. This was before we all started commenting on social media, and it was harsh to hear what all these (mostly men) had to say. I created the flyer because I was struck by the quick response of most American friends when I would bring up the nearing end of my Visa: "I marry you, no problem" had me wondering if this was common sense and if I was the last to think about love, intimacy and "forever". After receiving over 500 messages, I decided to transform each answer into a love poem and posted them back onto the streets. I thought it was just fair to answer everybody in the same way I asked for marriage. I did not want to meet them, expose anybody, or spy. Also, I hoped some people waiting at traffic lights would recognize the pink love poem flyers, hopefully remembering the initial one. The project is archived as an artist book and video documentation (20min).

A Quilt Blanket and a Series of Home (Sweet Home) Decorations, interpreting the pamphlet "How to Disappear in America without a Trace" complement this body of work.