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David’s escorts, 2:59 | Jonas Nilsson

Jonas Nilsson
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David’s escorts
The day has come when internet dating is considered a legitimate way of meeting new people in the endless search for the right person. Chat rooms have replaced bar rooms, and dating sites and personal ads no longer have the "stigma" that they once did. People really like dating in cyberspace in part because they can do it in the privacy of their homes. A place to meet with blurry lines between reality, fantasy, and wishful thinking. The anonymity has allowed people to be anyone they think you want them to be because they are engaging you primarily through the written word. The internet dating "scene" is one of the easiest places for someone to cheat on their spouse or significant other, or to use the internet dating area as a place for promiscuity.

Jonas Nilsson

Jonas Nilsson is a Swedish artist who works in conceptual art. He uses video, object and installation as his major forms of expression. Jonas is currently interested in issues surrounding the stressful and high tempo the western way of life and increasing amounts of time and money spent by individuals on becoming successful, and the consequences of such achievements. Jonas studied art in England and Japan between 1995 and 2000 after several years studying art in Sweden. He is linked to The Video Art Gallery in London, UK and Filmic Art in Stockholm, Sweden. He has exhibited widely, with this work screened at film festivals in the UK, Austria, Greece, France, Iceland, Spain and Sweden.

www.jonasnilsson.org