Group Project Main Idea - Finalized Concept

Relationship between Technology and Identity - The Selfie

Themes

Questions asked

Concepts & Elements

Artists and Artworks

Technology's influence on Identity

How are identities influenced by technology and/or the exponential growth of technology?

-Influences
-How it impacts identity
-How it changes our identity/ perception of identity
-Integration into identity
-Evolution of the digital identity: development of identity with appearance of new technologies

Justin Bower
"Internal Dialects"
www.justinbower.com/
Images.php

Identity Formation

How do we form our identity?

-Identity is a process
>Non-permanent
>Evolving
-Influences/Environment
-Different forms of expression

Seth Wulsin
“Ánimas”
www.sethwulsin.com/work/
animas/

Reality vs. Perception

How does technology impact the PERCEPTION of identity?

-How it affects other's perception of us
-How it affects our perception of ourselves
-How it affects our perception of others
-Digital culture's influence on people's perception of reality, and how can this be utilized?

Amalia Ulman
"Excellences & Perfections"
http://webenact.rhizome
.org/excellences-and-
perfections

The Selfie

Is a selfie a self portrait?

-History of self-portrait
-Does it qualify as art?
-It provides documentation which over time produces a narrative
-How has it evolved with technology?
-It's use in portraying our identity: Selfie = Identity
-Mirror vs. Window

Author: Ana Peraica
“Culture of the Selfie:
Self-representation in
Contemporary Visual Culture”
http://networkcultures.org/
wp-content/uploads/2017/
05/CultureOfTheSelfie.pdf