How humans visualize themselves has long been studied within every branch of the humanities. From self-portrait cave paintings, to the printing press, to today’s cell phone pics; we humans are in constant modes of self-representation.
However, questions remain:
- As our technological tools of self-representation change - do we change with them?
- Do humans see themselves differently with each evolutionary advance in visual technology?
- Do our mental pictures of ourselves, and of those around us, change when we can so easily RE-present ourselves to the world in every manner conceivable - and to a global audience?
- And lastly, what can be surmised when our
re-presentations turn ugly?
The same questions Bill Cosby asked in the 1960’s remain today. Demon Face is everywhere.
Black Arts 2008 (3:00)
