Resistence is Useless Review by Suvan Geer of ArtScene Magazine
"Dona diCarlo unites machine with the male libido and gets the penny arcade equivalent of an anonymous gender. Her Techno-sensuality sculptures mechanize various portions of the female body into detached, titillating, inhuman parts which respond with a slavish twirl, jiggle or twinkling shimmy to the viewer's presence. DiCarlo's use of proximity sensors and manual buttons to achieve sexual stimulation is a perfect commentary not only on an age of electronic sex and e-mail relationships but, in a more subtle vein, on the meaning of gratification once machines become the ultimate sex object.
La Petite Morte is her elongated, bandy-legged table of carefully timed lights with a glowing red activation button which begs "Touch Me." At a poke the piece begins a hilariously prolonged, sequential cling to a buzzing, electronic version of a woman's orgasm. After the illuminated climax the machine automatically returns to the ready, prepared to provide continuous mechanical simulations of ideal female satisfaction. Like the other Techno-sensuality machines, this piece suggests just how accommodating machines can be to the human desire for stimulation in what appears to be a no-loser game of sexual gratification. Yet, while ostensibly serving up throbbing satisfaction, diCarlo's piece leaves viewers aware that they themselves are emotionally untouched. Stimulation by unfeeling sexuality machines gives an updated spin to the title's reference to an old French sentiment which proclaims sex a small death or loss of self."