SAFE MODE — two bodies folded into one warning. not hiding, but buffering. the system holds until it’s safe to feel again. — restore later.
Details:
Year: 2024
Format: 3 individual sheets
Dimensions per sheet: 24cm × 112cm
Total: 72cm × 112cm
Printing method: ASCII output via dot-matrix on salvaged continuous-feed paper
Edition of 3 (per colorway, signed + numbered)
Ships unframed
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Curatorial Note
In SAFE MODE, intimacy becomes contingency. Two bodies entangle not in lust or flight, but in buffering—a delay state, an act of emotional risk management. The fetal crouch, the double hold, the obscured faces—all point to a suspended system. This is not a hiding, but a protocol for preservation. ASCII code here becomes an encryption of affect, translating mutual dysregulation into an architecture of shelter.
Printed in soft grayscale on salvaged continuous-feed paper, the image feels like it was recovered from a crashed system—fragile, halting, but intact. SAFE MODE marks a moment of shared internal exile, where sensation is paused until it can be safely processed again. The only directive: restore later.