C.U.T.E. is a collaborative that draws on our mutual background in sculpture and social anxiety.  Working collaboratively pulls from different elements of our disparate practices to create a third and new body of work.  Working as a duo changes the focus of the work from personal experiences to shared experiences. Our work situates itself in the intersection of Social Practice, interactive art, and Relational Aesthetics, and counters art that we perceive as inaccessible. Our work assumes that people are fearful, because we are.

We assume that people want intimacy, and are lacking it. 

We assume that people don't know how to approach each other, but want to.

We assume that, given the permission and proper framework, people will be eager to know each other.

We assume that something good comes from the practice of becoming intimate with people.

We assume that intimacy is something to be sought after.

We assume that if a person isn't seeking intimacy, it is because they already have "enough". 

We assume that the only reason people wouldn't seek intimacy is fear.

We assume that there are environments, processes, and objects that we can create to quiet, distract from, and fool fear.

We assume that we are providing a needed service.