Maria Zendrera Valsecchi
Project Hitchiking
Project Hitchhiking consists of making virtual hitchhiking trips without moving out of my studio.
The project starts every time the computer is left alone in the street. Skype is on, and I'm on the screen. I start there my hitchhiking trips, where I start to communicate with passers by and ask them to carry me towards my destination. I can shout, I can ask for help, it's me (or a virtual me) without a body, struggling to go somewhere.
As in all hitchhiking trips, it is going to be an adventure, meeting new people, running the risk of being kidnapped, or getting lost, or ending up alone somewhere without my body. That means that I'm not having total control over it, I can imagine all kind of possibilities in my head and try to be as prepared as possible, but in this case, chance would have an important role.