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Celebrated conceptual artist Ryan Gander reckons that nothing symbolises the times we live in better than the selfie: the icon of a new kind of self-regard that hardly existed just ten years ago.
But, as he discovers, its roots go back hundreds of years before smartphones, and this uniquely 21st century phenomenon is just the visible tip of a much much bigger iceberg - a radical reinvention of who we are powered by the very latest digital technology. It has not just changed how much we look at ourselves, but also transformed what we see in the screen when we do.
In the age of social media, when we are told to be our best selves and live our best lives, what does that really mean, and what is it doing to our sense of self?
To find out, Gander is off to meet a selection of 'modern selves' living in the UK, Silicon Valley, and Arizona, who are redefining what it means to be us now, and in the future: from one of You Tube’s brightest stars to a would-be android, and from a virtual hermit hiding out in Welsh woodland to a wannabe influencer dancer longing for likes, via a celebrity in love with Twitter and dealing with hate, and a real-life company that promises to cheat death.
But, as he discovers, its roots go back hundreds of years before smartphones, and this uniquely 21st century phenomenon is just the visible tip of a much much bigger iceberg - a radical reinvention of who we are powered by the very latest digital technology. It has not just changed how much we look at ourselves, but also transformed what we see in the screen when we do.
In the age of social media, when we are told to be our best selves and live our best lives, what does that really mean, and what is it doing to our sense of self?
To find out, Gander is off to meet a selection of 'modern selves' living in the UK, Silicon Valley, and Arizona, who are redefining what it means to be us now, and in the future: from one of You Tube’s brightest stars to a would-be android, and from a virtual hermit hiding out in Welsh woodland to a wannabe influencer dancer longing for likes, via a celebrity in love with Twitter and dealing with hate, and a real-life company that promises to cheat death.
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有猫阿宅
从自拍开始,探讨人们定义、寻找、局限和延续自我的种种信息时代的方式。很多有趣的点可值得深入探讨。在妆扮下的自拍,人们更喜欢真实?被更新日程捆绑住的up主?利用服务虚拟化个性,他人替你写简介甚至交谈网上交友?冷冻大脑的自身延续?以及采访一位脱离电网人士,提到这些自我的展示和塑造,或许浪费了我们很多宝贵的时间,而那才是我们真正有价值的资源。
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2020年12月27日
Maverick
Ego is the enemy. 最后一part太惊悚。
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2020年12月27日
爱妻无延
组内近期做的最棒的纪录片。人生的终极意义就是在于发现自我吧,而每个人对“自我”的定义都不同:有人想塑造完美的社交形象,有人想借助科技的力量变成超人,有人则只想遁世、远离嘈杂。无所谓对错,最重要的是了解自我,接受自我,努力成就自我。
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2020年12月27日