How to Trigger Intimacy is a performative video piece centred around the Necklace with a Very Complicated Lock, created for the Tactilite exhibition at Hobusepea Gallery in 2021.
In the video, Seraphita engages with the jewellery through her pseudo-ritual tutorial. She suggests that the absence of intimacy and closeness in one’s life can be restored through the use of the necklace.
Employing Haptic Visuality, this multisensory approach weaves together emotional resonance and speculative ritual, reimagining connection within a pseudomagical framework.
Idea and performance: Darja Popolitova
Video effects: Jakob Tulve
Sound: Andres Nõlvak
© Darja Popolitova