Blog Prompt 23

1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?

Makeup is one way that I construct my identity. It started when I began High School and while it is not as important to me as it was then, it has become a part of my identity, because it has become a part of my every day routine. 

2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.

I think that our social environment is constructed by keeping in touch. Our cell phones, computers and facebook construct our social environments. Also, the people that we surround ourselves with.

3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.

My physical space is constructed by the walls around me, my belongings, my furniture, my car.... the trash i keep in my car, etc...

4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?

To me nature is real. the friendships and relationships that i have with people are real. Products are fabricated. 

5. Describe a narrative tableaux that you might create to be captured by a photograph. A narrative tableaux can be defined as “Several human actors play out scenes from everyday life, history, myth or the fantasy of the direction artist” ( Constructed Realities: The Art of Staged Photography Edited by Michael Kohler , 34).

I would take several pictures. In each picture a different person is in focus. All the people i photograph would be pieces of a much bigger picture. They would all be doing something that influences the next picture. Like someone throws a banana peel, another person slips on that banana peel, someones belongings are thrown around after someone falls on them by slipping on a banana peel etc...

6. Describe an idea for a photograph that includes a miniature stage or still life. A description of such an image is “The tableaux reconstructs events as in the narrative tableaux, but in miniaturized format, using dolls and other toy objects” (Kohler, 34).

I would take a picture of a doll house, or maybe a bath tub filled with sea animals, having it look like the ocean.... or maybe i would take a picture of a life size room and make it look like it's a fake room.