MARCIN RATAJCZYK

GRID LOGIC

GRID LOGIC is a state of mind, a helpless immersion into endless and contradictory bodily potentialities. A homage to the medium of choice for gay hookups -the wonderfully drippy Grindr app - where users are shinyly available on the App's titular grid. And everything seems to be always coming back to the grid, the future will give us endless variations of the Grindr grid on top of another Grindr grid. And this is how it feels to use the app. Unfortunately we're spared from observing this infinite regress.

2023-24
exhibited at Schauraum, Museums Quartier

EXPLICIT RELIEF
An autofictional account told from the vantage point of a distant future.

➼ video essay
11 minutes, 3d animation, 4k, 16:9

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“Grindr characters come in and out and only the narrators persist. (...) The most significant variable influencing the texture of one’s experience seems to be their desirability in the given network. Those deemed more desirable must learn to deal with an abundance of propositions and outright requests - one has to somehow “manage” the flow. Conversely, those considered less desirable must become better marketers and negotiators and learn to deal with rejection.”

- EXPLICIT RELIEF

haptic grindr #1
the grid as a relief

➼ SLA 3d print, painted
15x7 cm

haptic grindr #2
the grid as shower curtain

➼ TPU on PVC foil
275x50 cm

haptic grindr #3
the user as a water fountain

➊ video documentation of the object
➋ documentation with ai style transfer