NEWSWEEK: Did you believe in this project from the beginning? CORRIN: I definitely wanted to get involved with it. The issue was always if I would have the guts to do it.

What were you afraid of? I was afraid of being out of control, of being perceived as a sex object. I was afraid of what my friends and family and people whom I might work with in the future might think. Would they think that this was a really cool Internet experience, or would they think it was this selfish, exhibitionistic thing?

You bought Pucci underwear because you were going to be living in public? Yes. I planned on doing certain things, thinking, “This will be cool, this will show up on camera,” but I can’t always be putting on a show.

Where were the cameras? They were throughout the house. And the audio was incredible, particularly in the bedroom and the bathroom. Unnervingly accurate.

Did you ever try to find privacy? Early on, we would go away for a weekend, to get space. We didn’t want to feel like victims or caged animals in the loft. For intimate time or sex we would cover a camera in the back bathroom or go under the cover of steam in the large steam room.

It must have felt strange to be constantly observed. When you are constantly observed, there is only one story. The audience is getting the external, the physical. If you are working out your day in your head or figuring out your next business move or thinking about something poetic, it doesn’t translate. I actually started keeping a diary. I didn’t post my diary entries every day. Sometimes having people both inside your head and seeing the physical became too much, too invasive.

How did things change with Josh while you were living like this? It started off really tight, and then it unraveled. At times we both felt we were in over our heads.

What about sex? It was a huge challenge. I think sex definitely dwindled [laughs].

How about sex in front of the cameras? If we started getting physical, I just kept thinking, “Porn star. How would this look? How are they reacting?” The chatters would start to chat, and pretty soon there would be a whole audience.

Think you’ll ever do it again? I think I would do it if the conditions were different. I would apply some of the lessons I learned from this time. I would do it in smaller doses, a couple of hours at a time. Just having people watch me live wasn’t as interesting as creating a spontaneous connection.