The idea of creating a new secondary identity for oneself in the online virtual world has been intriguing me lately. The way people adopt a secondary face and how their personality changes online when interacting with other people, be it friends or strangers. I'm particularly interested in the social interactions and notions of identity within the realm of online games, and how the anonymity of the internet affects the people who play them. I would like to use a mix of digital and possibly video art to express this notion of warped and "free" identity that revolves around online gaming, exploring how different profiles of certain people are perceived differently and how the culture works compared with the 'reality' or the non digital life around us.
I will be using this blog http://internetidentities.tumblr.com/ to record my observations and develop my work within this unit.
This sounds interesting and relatable for many people; I have “split personality” online- twitter, facebook etc. – a "work" me and a “home” me. Your ideas reminded me of Robbie Cooper Alter Ego
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