Due Dates:
Finalized Piece: Wednesday 4/28
8x10 (approx.), 300 dpi, print, layered photoshop file.
- Is identity something that can be observed or photographed?
- When does identity seem calculated or constructed?
- When does identity seem real or authentic?
- Do social media sites (e.g. facebook) project authentic notions of identity?
- How does physical appearance / alteration / idealism affect personal identity?
- Whats the relationship between internal and external? Can this be photographed?
- Can personal identity be distinguished from cultural identity?
- What would happen to our personal identity if our outward appearance changed dramatically?
- What would happen to our outward appearance if our personal identity changed drastically?
- What exactly do we mean by "normal," "attractive," "weird looking," "different," "hot," "homely," "old,", etc? Who decides these categories, anyway? Who controls them?
In class we will explore some strategies the portrait/commercial/glamour industry uses to dramatically alter appearance. In your hands, these can be used in an almost infinite range of ways to alter physical appearance. Some ideas, not limited to:
- Face lifts, face "drops"
- Age regression
- Age progression
- Morphing and merging two people
- Morphing or merging "inner" versus visible identity
- People merged with places, things, other
- Doppelganger or alternate /idealized identities
- Drastic alteration of appearance
- Revised personal history
- Revised cultural history
- Other? These are a few suggestions from me, but please feel free to come up with your own variations or something else altogether. Try to create a piece that works on a few levels... that aspires to something beyond the photoshop gimmick.
Useful artists to consider:
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