User:Laura Macchini/notes/17-10-2011
notes from the meeting
Pirandello - Create the identity (nose / perspective)
edit profile / 'best self' (continuous) revision of identity
'I am' real time display of changes Friends related new forming of identity physical output
A) OUTLINE
B) Relation to previous practice methodology
C) Context
- Tom McCarthy -Remainder
- paul auster
- North by north west
- Pirandello (uno nessuno e centomila)
D) Line of fiction performing of a fictional identity
assignment
Outline
Vitangelo Moscarda is the protagonist of 'One, No one and One Hundred Thousand', a novel by Luigi Pirandello; his story begins when one morning he wakes up and his wife points out that his nose bends a little to the right. Mr Moscarda slowly realizes that the image that he has of himself does not corresponds to what other people see of him, that he has no control over how others see him: he freaks out. The only way to regain control is to completely destroy his personality and carefully build one that suits his liking. Inspired by Pirandello's story I started comparing Moscarda's crave for the perfect identity to our contemporary obsession for 'control over what we share'. The analogy seemed obvious. I'd like to research the topic of the 'Revision of Identity': the constant editing of our online profiles in order to perform every day our Best Self. My idea is to create an installation that displays these changes in real time, possibly among my circle of friends, in order to show their constant re-shaping of identity. In addition to this, I'd like to include some elements of ficton: as the characters of the novels I've been inspired by, I'd like to develop a fictional personality that I perform and have complete control over.
Methodology
In my previous practice I've been fascinated by the role of the community in everyday online interactions; the community as a support for possible political change, or communities that unite based on similar interests. *more to come*
Context
- Luigi Pirandello - One, No one and One Hundred Thousand
- Luigi Pirandello - The Late Mattia Pascal
- North by Northwest
- Tom Mc Carthy - Remainder
- Mark Hansen and Ben Rubin - Listening Post