The words “I love you” become a declaration of confession to a subject who is absent, questioning the notions of authenticity and reality. In addition, Everybody Loves You 2 is inspired by trends in internet communication (eg. Facebook, MySpace), and the Japanese youth-culture phenomenon of the print-club photo-booth. It transforms our physical experience with these media and questions replacement of spatial and social interaction with I.T. culture. This work in its earliest “functioning” form first premiered during Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2007, curated by Michelle Jacques and exhibited at Xpace Cultural Centre in 2010.
Nuit Blanche ’07 short documentary film by M.J. Di Rocco
3. Daisuke Takeya_Everybody Loves You 2, installation view at Xspace, Toronto, Canada in 2010
