Digital Intimacy

2019–ongoing

The screen promised connection. It delivered a new vocabulary of rejection.
This series translates the ordinary humiliations of contemporary dating into textile form: unanswered messages, loading screens, desperate search queries, profiles that vanish overnight. Woven and tufted by hand, these works slow down what was designed to disappear: the fragile digital traces of intimacy attempted, failed, and archived by algorithms.

Éva Ostrowska, I'm Not the Only One Wondering, wool textile artwork exploring online dating anxiety and digital waiting, contemporary fiber art, 2019

I’m Not the Only One Wondering

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
75 × 75 cm
2019

Éva Ostrowska, I have been sending him a picture of a loading sign instead and he still hasn't realized, knitted wool sculpture resembling a digital loading screen symbolizing ghosting in online dating, contemporary textile art, 226 × 69 cm, 2021

I have been sending him a picture of a ‘loading’ sign instead and he still hasn’t realized

Knitted wool
226 × 69 cm
2021

Éva Ostrowska, 3AM Existential Questions to Daddy GPT, large-scale tufted wool and fake fur tapestry depicting a late-night conversation with ChatGPT, contemporary textile art about AI emotional companionship, 220 × 195 cm, 2023

3AM Existential Questions to Daddy GPT

Tufted wool, hand embroidery, crochet and fake fur
200 × 185 cm
2023

Éva Ostrowska, He is just playing hard to get I guess, tall knitted wool sculpture showing a cascade of unanswered text messages including babe, love, you ok, please, and I love you, contemporary textile art about digital desperation

He is just playing hard to get (I guess)

Knitted wool
350 × 45 cm
2022

Éva Ostrowska, So Apparently I'm on Tinder, hand-tufted wool textile artwork about dating app culture and digital identity, contemporary fiber art, 51 × 71 cm, 2022

So Apparently I’m on Tinder

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
51 × 71 cm
2022

Dating Apps: “Pick Your Hottest Pics”, My “Hottest” Pics

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
78 × 110 cm
2023

Éva Ostrowska, Sorry Not Sorry, installation view of textile artworks about sexting culture and digital intimacy, contemporary art, 2023

Sorry Not Sorry

Hand-woven tapestry
63 × 52 cm
2023

Éva Ostrowska, How Many Swipes for a Blow of Fate, hand-tufted wool sculpture depicting a stack of dating app profiles with swipe buttons, contemporary textile art about online dating fatigue and the search for love through algorithms

How Many Swipes for a Blow of Fate

Hand-tufted wool and hand embroidery
85 × 75 cm
2021

Éva Ostrowska, Long Distance Relationship, knitted wool contemporary textile art about the challenges of long distance love in the digital age

Long Distance Relationship

Knitted wool
Various sizes, each 105 × 52 cm
2020

Éva Ostrowska, Your Next Situationship Has Arrived, contemporary textile art about modern dating culture and non-committal relationships

Your Next Situationship Has Arrived

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
74 × 56 cm
2022

Éva Ostrowska, Remind Me Next Year, tufted wool and hand embroidery textile artwork about digital dating and modern romantic avoidance, contemporary fiber art, 2024

Remind Me Next Year

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
102 × 60 cm
2021

Éva Ostrowska, When Red Flags Become Sexy, hand-tufted wool contemporary textile art about ignoring warning signs in modern dating

When Red Flags Become Sexy

Hand-tufted wool and hand embroidery
95 × 42 cm
2022

Éva Ostrowska, Hello Darkness My Old Friend, knitted wool textile art showing an iMessage bubble reading I love you marked Not Delivered, contemporary art about unrequited digital love

Hello Darkness My Old Friend

Knitted wool, hand embroidery
52 × 37 cm
2021

Éva Ostrowska, The Day I Broke ChatGPT's Patience, hand-tufted wool tapestry about pushing AI to its limits, contemporary textile art exploring human-AI relationships, 110 × 75 cm, 2023

The Day I Broke ChatGPT’s Patience

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
100 × 80 cm
2023

Éva Ostrowska, Hey Siri Do You Love Me, hand-tufted wool tapestry depicting a conversation with Siri about love and emotional needs, contemporary textile art about human-AI relationships and digital loneliness, 2020

Hey Siri, Do You Love Me?

Tufted wool and hand embroidery
69 × 43 cm
2020