I got an email yesterday with a video reply from Sid, the artist who I mentioned in my previous post. He’s changed his voice and his face in the first part, which raises interesting questions about self and identity and what individuals might chose to portray of themselves online or elsewhere.
I like that he is talking about wearing masks, as I think this is something that we all do in everyday life, but maybe particularly if we are put in front of a camera or a virtual audience. I get the sense that the internet affords lots of potential to manifest different versions of the self, creating the possibility to know people intimately at the same time as not knowing them at all.
Sid has a website here www.sidvolter.co.uk
Sid’s reply
