The Object Matcher
2018 / 2019
Short Film
Céline Park directs a short film built around The Object Matcher, a fictional device she designed to test compatibility between humans and objects within the discourse of Object Sexuality (OS). The machine invites users to choose among multiple parameters and submit their fingerprints—serving both identity verification and the generation of a compatibility profile. Based on the user’s inputs, the device returns which object is the user’s “best match,” and whether that object “chooses back,” framing intimacy as a negotiated protocol rather than a purely private feeling.
The story follows Ruben Courbet, who seeks to register an OS marriage with the object he loves. When the Object Matcher fails to certify them as an ideal pair, the bureaucratic ritual of love collapses. The film asks: Who defines legitimacy in a relationship—the lovers, the state, or the machines we build to measure “fit”? By staging a parallel world where marital worth is algorithmically scored, The Object Matcher turns superstition, social pressure, and administrative myth into a lens on how societies normalize attachment.
The Object Matcher
2018 / 2019
단편 영화
셀린 박은 인간과 사물 간의 호환성을 측정하는 가상의 장치 ‘오브젝트 매처’를 중심으로 단편 영화를 연출한다. 이 장치는 사용자가 여러 항목을 선택하고 지문을 인식하면, 신원 확인과 함께 호환성 프로파일을 생성하고 “서로가 서로를 선택했는가”를 판정한다. 사랑을 개인적 감정이 아닌 협상·인증의 절차로 전환하는 디에제시스(허구 규칙)를 통해, 관계의 공적 규범이 어떻게 만들어지는지 드러낸다.
영화는 자신이 사랑하는 사물과 OS(오브젝트 섹슈얼/사물기호증) 결혼 등록을 원하던 루벤 쿠르베가, 오브젝트 매처의 인증 실패로 절차를 밟지 못하는 상황을 따라간다. “관계의 정당성은 누가 정의하는가—연인인가, 국가인가, 혹은 우리가 만든 측정 장치인가?” 작품은 결혼이라는 제도를 둘러싼 미신·사회적 압력·행정적 신화를 병치하며, 알고리즘이 ‘적합함’을 점수화하는 세계를 통해 우리 시대의 규범화 메커니즘을 비판적으로 비춘다.
| Press |
France Zone
| Exhibition |
Centre Culturel Coréen Paris, France | 2019 March 20-May 20
| Film Collaboration |
Producer: Sung Lim Choi
DOP: In Suk Kang
Boom Operater:
You Jin Chung
Hair & Make Up:
Ra Young Kim
| Actors |
Ruben Courbet: Liviu Bora
Mme. Blanc:Meagan Adele Lopez
| Special Thanks |
Triangle Production
Céline Park directs a short film built around The Object Matcher, a fictional device she designed to test compatibility between humans and objects within the discourse of Object Sexuality (OS). The machine invites users to choose among multiple parameters and submit their fingerprints—serving both identity verification and the generation of a compatibility profile. Based on the user’s inputs, the device returns which object is the user’s “best match,” and whether that object “chooses back,” framing intimacy as a negotiated protocol rather than a purely private feeling.
The story follows Ruben Courbet, who seeks to register an OS marriage with the object he loves. When the Object Matcher fails to certify them as an ideal pair, the bureaucratic ritual of love collapses. The film asks: Who defines legitimacy in a relationship—the lovers, the state, or the machines we build to measure “fit”? By staging a parallel world where marital worth is algorithmically scored, The Object Matcher turns superstition, social pressure, and administrative myth into a lens on how societies normalize attachment.
