Blog Response #23

1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?

I believe that your identity is being constructed/molded every day.  Through daily experiences and the way we deal with emotions and events, we are growing and changing every day.  Our interactions in society, the impact of media, and random incidents are all factors that stimulate thinking and self discovery. I think we are always performing in our daily lives except when we are alone.  No matter who/what the person/environment is, if there are others or the potential of others seeing/watching, everyone filters their actions and words thus putting on a "performance.

2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.

social environments are constructed by group psychology and expectations.  People as a whole tend to be moved by what the group decides/thinks, so everyone treads cautiously in social environments, "constructing" the dynamic of the moment.

3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.

not only are physical environment/spaces literally constructed with building equipment and materials, but they are also constructed by our projections of our identity.  Everyone personalizes and "constructs" physical environments and spaces by making it their own.  We project ourselves into our surroundings, thus "constructing" a totally unique environment.  Perhaps they are entirely different to others than they are to ourselves, making the construction even more interesting.

4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?

I consider the sky, and myself to be real, when I am alone.  I believe that all other things/people are at least a little bit constructed or fabricated.  The food we eat is created by a cook, social situations of all magnitudes are constructed by expectations and unspoken social rules, the land we walk on has most likely been altered at some point. The only things that cannot be tampered with are my own existence and actions when i am alone with no judging eyes, and the expanse of the sky/space.

5. Describe a narrative tableaux that you might create to be captured by a photograph. A narrative tableaux can be defined as “Several human actors play out scenes from everyday life, history, myth or the fantasy of the direction artist” ( Constructed Realities: The Art of Staged Photography Edited by Michael Kohler , 34).

 I might attempt to create a narrative tableaux that depicts not the physical happenings of a moment, but rather the vibe/feeling/mood that is experienced by each person.  Perhaps the use of abstract dress/pose/space around each individual could be altered/molded to convey the vibe/feeling/mood of each person.

6. Describe an idea for a photograph that includes a miniature stage or still life. A description of such an image is “The tableaux reconstructs events as in the narrative tableaux, but in miniaturized format, using dolls and other toy objects” (Kohler, 34).

 it might be interesting to photograph a tiny world in comparison to the big world. Set up a tiny miniature world in grass, where the grass is huge in comparison to the tiny figures and buildings in the set.  Then photograph the image focused on the tiny world, but also framing the real world around it.