Dear Earth: The Three of Me?
Abstract
This research addresses the question of how to
represent the incoherent self. It arises from my own experience
of living with manic depression, and my sense of alienation from
common rhetorical and figurative devices employed to express the
unified self. I argue that the incoherent self can only be
represented through the subversion of such devices, positing a
novel framework of ‘the three of me’ in opposition to the
singular self. The instantiation of this ontology takes the form
of an audio visual installation. Dear Earth: The Three of Me?
uses randomised algorithms to perform animations of my own eye in
a way that defies the coherence of narrative. As a live work it
embodies the modalities of ‘the three of me’, resisting any
recourse to solipsism. Dear Earth’s most salient contribution
to the field of media arts is its modelling of one manifestation
of mental illness within an interactive digital work. It is a
considered and coherent response to the question of how to
represent the incoherent self.
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