No Prospects / Change of Heart Special (2021) essay short films | 15 minutes & 4.5 minutes
No Prospects and Change of Heart Special (2021) explore the search for love and reliance on algorithms to shape desires with research into the prevailing surveillance structure of contemporary reality TV productions and the masochism of the early dating show Change of Heart (1998 - 2003). The two essay shorts capture research that critiques this approach to love through moralistic and corrective positions. The research questions: What happens when we collapse the personal and public under surveillance?
No Prospects/Change of Heart Special originally premiered as part of Transmissions (Season 3, Episode 4), screened online in partnership with Somerset House Studios, and not/nowhere.