Framed installation view of '(txt)TOUCH' by Characters ASCII, a contemporary queer art piece in soft-pink ASCII-rendered conceptual photography printed on salvaged dot-matrix paper.
Composite view of '(txt)TOUCH' showing pink, yellow, and white colorway variations of this queer digital artwork by Characters ASCII, printed as four monochrome ASCII sheets.
Macro detail of ASCII character rendering in yellow-toned version of '(txt)TOUCH,' showing monospaced code forming skin textures on vintage continuous-feed paper.
Macro detail of monospaced ASCII text from “(txt)TOUCH,” showing character grid used to render queer erotic embrace.
Angled staged installation view of '(txt)TOUCH' pink colorway, a contemporary queer art installation by Characters ASCII, framed in a gallery setting to showcase vertical sheet alignment.
Gallery wall view of '(txt)TOUCH' pink colorway, a post-digital erotica piece printed on salvaged dot-matrix paper, displaying four vertical ASCII panels against a white wall.
Close-up staged desk view of '(txt)TOUCH' yellow colorway, a queer digital artwork by Characters ASCII, showing the framed ASCII panels resting on a desk for scale.
Staged desk view of '(txt)TOUCH' yellow colorway by Characters ASCII, depicting a framed ASCII-rendered conceptual photograph positioned on a desk in a studio environment.
Installation view of '(txt)TOUCH' pink colorway on an empty gallery wall, a contemporary queer art piece printed in soft-pink ASCII on salvaged continuous-feed paper.
Original conceptual photograph for '(txt)TOUCH,' capturing two male figures in intimate embrace—later translated into ASCII code as part of this queer digital artw
Processed image for '(txt)TOUCH,' showing line-by-line code mapping and markup guides used in the ASCII-rendered conceptual photography workflow.
(txt)TOUCH — skin reads skin. response begins before intent resolves — press once, feel twice.
Details:

    Year: 2025

    Format: 4 individual sheets

    Dimensions per sheet: 24cm × 96cm (~9.5″ × 37.8″)

    Total: 96cm × 96cm (~37.8″ × 37.8″)

    Printing method: ASCII output via dot-matrix on salvaged continuous-feed paper

    Edition of 3 (per colorway, signed + numbered)

    Ships unframed

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      Curatorial Note
    What happens before we know we’ve touched? (txt)TOUCH asks this softly, distributing its code across four suspended sheets like a system trying to recall itself. The forms don’t resolve—they hover. This is not about legibility, but felt resonance. Dot-matrix printed and installed like translucent glyphs, the piece pulls us into a haptic reading: one that privileges slowness, delay, and the erotic potential of interruption.
The viewer is asked not to decipher but to feel. Printed across four ASCII-rendered sheets, the work displaces clarity in favor of affect.

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