While we might treat reality TV dating programmes as cultural objects separate from our experiences, they impress us with ideas and enactments of contemporary dating. ‘No Prospects’ (2021) explores these televisual searches for love and reliance on algorithms to shape desires, the prevailing surveillance structure and the masochism of the early dating show ‘Change of Hearts’ (1998 - 2003). This research critiques reality television that approaches love through moralistic and corrective positions, questioning what happens when we collapse the personal and the 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.  The work was most recently screened at Tate Britain (London). Total run time: 14 minutes and 19 seconds.