Through .5 Mikiki facilitated conversations online with people seeking and negotiating physical intimacy during COVID-19.

Making use of hookup apps and dating websites, chatting with people looking for intimacy online; Mikiki engaged queer men about hooking up during the pandemic while negotiating comfort, safety, desire, and harm reduction strategies before putting into practice the acts they’ve discussed. The audience was invited to witness Mikiki’s reportage interventions about the exchange via Zoom or as presented on their respective app profiles, between guests.

 

"As we hear about vaccines on eighteen month horizon-lines, how long do we expect people to abstain from physical intimacy? To ignore the need for connection instead of explore new potentials for intimacy?"
-Artcite.ca

.5 is a reimagining of 23611708.5, during which Mikiki discussed self-identification, sexual health and history with participants on gay(dot)com while camming and making themself available as a sexual surrogate.