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Sam – Five questions for Florence Jung
Sam. Florence Jung
A Fragment of Eden

Sam. Florence Jung

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  • Florence Jung, Jung_85 (2022), Courtesy the artist
    Florence Jung, Jung_85 (2022), Courtesy the artist

For the first time, the Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen is presenting a digital art experience for smartphones in collaboration with the artist Florence Jung and the Berlin-based developer team interkit. Sam is the title of the app, which will be available for download from 28 October in the Apple App Store and the Google Playstore.

With Sam, Florence Jung reflects on how technologies construct emotionally charged spaces that blur the line between fiction and reality, and how these complex digital entities breed an illusion of intimacy that encroaches on daily life. In an era where everyone publishes thoughts and opinions on their own device, Sam also presents an experimental approach to literature that continues Florence Jung’s incisive exploration into contemporary angst and its effects on our collective psyche.

As an online friend, Sam reaches out to you via chat and accompanies you through everyday life over the span of a few weeks. Attentive residents will also be able to encounter Sam’s presence in a wide variety of places in Siegen’s urban space.

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