Rendered installation view of “(txt)TOUCH” — queer ASCII artwork printed in soft pink, depicting two male figures in intimate embrace across 4 vertical sheets of dot matrix paper.
Various colorways for (txt)Touch archival queer ASCII art.
Close detail of monospaced ASCII text from “(txt)TOUCH,” showing character grid used to render queer erotic embrace.
Macro detail of monospaced ASCII text from “(txt)TOUCH,” showing character grid used to render queer erotic embrace.
Installation view of “(txt)TOUCH” — queer ASCII artwork printed in soft pink, depicting two male figures in intimate embrace across 4 vertical sheets of dot matrix paper.
Angled gallery view of “(txt)TOUCH,” - in pink, emphasizing vertical orientation, textural contrast, and digital softness.
Angled gallery view of “(txt)TOUCH,” in yellow - emphasizing vertical orientation, textural contrast, and digital softness.
Staged in office installation view of “(txt)TOUCH” — queer ASCII artwork printed in soft pink, depicting two male figures in intimate embrace across 4 vertical sheets of dot matrix paper.
Original photograph used for “(txt)TOUCH” — intimate pose of two men in embrace, serving as basis for ASCII translation.
Edited original photograph used for “(txt)TOUCH”, background removed and editing grid overlay — intimate pose of two men in embrace, serving as basis for ASCII translation.
(txt)TOUCH — (txt)TOUCH — skin reads skin. response begins before intent resolves. — press once, feel twice.
Details:

    Year: 2024

    Format: 4 individual sheets

    Dimensions per sheet: 24cm × 96cm

    Total: 96cm × 96cm

    Printing method: ASCII output via dot-matrix on salvaged continuous-feed paper

    Edition of 3 (per colorway, signed + numbered)

    Ships unframed

    → To inquire about availability or request a custom colorway, contact the artist: characters[dot]inquiries[at]gmail[dot]com
    
      Curatorial Note
    (txt)TOUCH explores the slippage between impulse and intent. The image—blurred, barely resolved—reads like a memory half-rendered, a sensation that precedes language. The doubled title, with its parenthetical echo, signals both code and contact: one a system of control, the other of response. Here, skin is both interface and instruction set.
The viewer is asked not to decipher but to feel. Printed in whisper-pink tones across four ASCII-rendered sheets, the work displaces clarity in favor of affect. (txt)TOUCH becomes a haptic poem—its commands delayed, its resolution forever in buffer. A slow flicker between machine logic and emotional instinct.

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