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The majority of dating apps prioritize finding matches above fostering relationships. Well-known hybrid dating service Thursday, discovered that daters who are more introverted find it difficult to communicate and must reposition themselves as sociable in order to survive. Due to this extroversion bias, many London daters are finding that contemporary romance is a deal-breaker and is sinking in awkward silences.
The void in absence of small talks was found to be misconstructed for boredom, arrogance, awkwardness and much more. When we take away the human appeal of nonverbal storytelling, we are preoccupied with adding noise.
"We think in stories, remember in stories, and turn just about everything we experience into a story and we don’t need our voices to tell it.”
Re:ac8's team designed an immersive experience that invites participants to engage in Speculative Story Dating. Building upon the theories of narrative psychology the experience provokes participants to choose themes, speculate unique stories together and materialise the reflective essence of it.
