Tate Britain Late x Hervisions; My Phone Doesn’t love me

In a world of continuous partial attention, the smartphone has ceased to be a tool and instead become an extension of us— Our most private experiences—grief, joy, desire—are now mediated through a touchscreen interface, rendered as data, packaged as content. What is intimacy in the age of infinite scroll?

My Phone Doesn’t Love Me is a 1:1 performance held gently between artist and participant. Each session invites you to explore entanglements with technology: the rituals, compulsions, and contradictions that define our digital lives. Conducted by the artists, and in response to the uncanny and emotionally charged work of Ed Atkins, visitors are invited to reflect on how our digital interactions respond to  love and loss, and how we might choose to do things differently to embed care or caress. Can a ‘like' console? Can care be coded? Can we choose softness over speed?

Participants leave  with a prescription: a bespoke hand written instruction crafted in response to the conversation—part placebo, part provocation, part poetic directive for life after the interface.

Intervention created with Caroline Sinders as part of Romy and Carolines Delfina Residency; Romy and Caroline are artists in collaboration since 2018 on works that centre care in a landscape of rapid technological shifts. Caroline Sinders is an online harms researcher. Their work explores how technology impacts human cognitions and behaviors. Invited by Hervisions.