About the work
Still Looking by John P. Cooper is a satirical art project disguised as a dating platform, featuring profiles of men who present as emotionally intelligent, self-aware, and well-intentioned, yet subtly reveal deep red flags through their own words. Each profile reads like something you might actually find online: thoughtful answers, romantic blurbs, curated interests. But just beneath the surface, a different story unfolds.
The men in Still Looking don’t know they’re the problem. They believe they’re healed, evolved, and ready, but their language betrays something else: control framed as clarity, manipulation dressed as depth, and emotional unavailability masquerading as independence.
The entire project was conceived and built using AI, from the copywriting to the visual presentation to the web experience itself. By using artificial intelligence to generate profiles that are designed to put a "best foot forward," Still Looking exposes and exaggerates the performative nature of online dating. The result is a pointed critique of algorithmic charm, emotionally intelligent branding, and the subtle ways people market themselves, even when what they are offering might be disguised douchebaggery.
About the artist
John Cooper is a retired NYC Street Artist whose work has been in the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, Poster House Museum and published in multiple books including Milton Glaser’s The Design of Dissent.