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Who I Am displays sentences
beginning with the phrase
"I am", as balloons careen
wildly through the sky
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Who I AmBalloon bonanza
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Who I AmPink for women; blue for men
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Who I AmBright for young; dark for old
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Who I AmVideo silhouettes in every balloon
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Who I AmThought bubbles when touched
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Who I AmDangling poloroids
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Who I AmRepel the neighbors
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Who I AmEvery balloon is a real dating profile
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What I Want displays sentences
beginning with the phrase
"I am looking for", as balloons
form a giant pulsing heart
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What I WantBig heart
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What I WantTouch anything
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What I WantStraight talk
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What I WantMidnight sky
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What I WantDaters' desires
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What I WantMoving bubbles
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What I WantLightning strikes
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What I WantRainy day
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Openers displays profiles'
opening lines, as balloons
form a field of bursting
flowers
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OpenersField of bursting flowers
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OpenersOpening lines
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OpenersSunny sky
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OpenersSnowy sky
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OpenersShort and sweet
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OpenersCloudy sky
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OpenersPinwheels
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Closers displays profiles'
closing lines, as
balloons form a grid
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ClosersGrid sorted by gender and age
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ClosersCall and response
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ClosersTrue dat
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ClosersVideo silhouettes in every balloon
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ClosersPoloroid on a string
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ClosersAt dusk
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ClosersParting words
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Taglines displays profiles'
subject lines, as balloons
form a spinning DNA
double helix
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TaglinesDNA
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TaglinesOpen balloons distort the DNA
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TaglinesEdge case
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TaglinesAt dusk
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TaglinesOne liners
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Matchmaker algorithmically pairs
people based on their descriptions
of who they are and what they’re
looking for. Balloon couples emerge
on the horizon and drift to the
foreground, before pausing side by
side for a few seconds and then
floating off together.
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MatchmakerA couple of balloons
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MatchmakerAlgorithmically paired
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MatchmakerTwo by two
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MatchmakerFloating off together
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MatchmakerIn a rainy sky
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MatchmakerMatch made in heaven
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Breakdowns reveals the zeitgeist of
dating, showing the most popular
turn-ons, first dates, desires,
self-descriptions, and interests.
These statistics are displayed in a
snaking trail of balloon clusters, with
each cluster’s size representing
its relative popularity.
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BreakdownsTop turn-ons
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BreakdownsTop first dates
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BreakdownsTop self-descriptions
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BreakdownsTop desires
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BreakdownsAce of spades
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BreakdownsAren't we all
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Animated buttons atop
the screen allow viewers
to control the weather,
choosing among sunny,
cloudy, rainy, snowy,
dawn, sunset, dusk,
a moonlit night,
and midnight.
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WeatherThe nine weather icons
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Perched on clouds at the top of the
screen are twelve silhouetted
figures, holding signs. These sign
holders stand up and sit down
when touched, thereby controlling
the demographics of the current
population (straight men in their
20s, lesbians in their 30s, etc.).
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DemographicsSign-holders in the clouds
