This project was extremely interesting to take on. From the beginning the research and development was very informational and exposed many projects I was not aware of. First of all I started by researching Krisztof W. He used very large projections on the side of public spaces to raise social awareness. His tactics were often guerrilla-like and only lasted a short period of time. This tactic added to the intensity of the issues that he was trying to expose.
After seeing all the different broadcast artists and their works, I came up with the idea to use Facebook for my project. Initially I was going to just post a graphic asking questions to provoke discourse among my facebook friends, but after some in-class revising I decided on a different approach. I decided to create an all new facebook for myself. I update it on a daily basis (usually at night) and posted a picture regardless of how I looked at the time of the status update. I would like to continue this approach to “facebooking” for an extended period of time.
I think this project is great example of how facebook can be used to truly portray someone versus how facebook is typically used to portray someone in a certain light. Since facebook is typically used to glamorize one’s life my approach showed a “no bells or whistles” approach to facebook. Again I would like to continue my project for a while and see how a collective of these posts impacts my facebooking experience. I may also delete my normal facebook account and try just using my objective facebook for a week and add all of my regular friends.
Amanda, I thought of you when I saw this workshop by Heath Bunting, an internet artist often dealing with issues of identity. Best, Your Prof.
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