Embodied Multi{(Body; Space; Time; Performance;)} Marlot Meyer (2020)
Technology has created an interconnected, globalised world, with digital experiences reshaping our terms of existence and presenting us with bewildering opportunities and threats. Yet we feel we are moving further away from what it means to be human as we lose our connection to our bodies, nature and our immediate environment. But a disembodiement simply means a shift of focus from object to communication and interaction. What does it then mean, to be embodied in a mediated world? Are there new possibilities that only exist in the liminal spaces between physical and virtual?
Technology has created an interconnected, globalised world, with digital experiences reshaping our terms of existence and presenting us with bewildering opportunities and threats. Yet we feel we are moving further away from what it means to be human as we lose our connection to our bodies, nature and our immediate environment. But a disembodiement simply means a shift of focus from object to communication and interaction. What does it then mean, to be embodied in a mediated world? Are there new possibilities that only exist in the liminal spaces between physical and virtual?
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actions during the live stream, and
do with it what they like. There are
now other websites where anyone
can find past recordings of my
live streams on Chaturbate, which
they can buy. Past recordings
of performances where I was in
that moment, experiencing real
emotions, reacting to somewhat
real viewers regardless of the
interface of a webcam and a
screen between myself and the
viewers.
Who do we trust with our
expressions online? The more
our identities are tied to valuable
virtual assets that affect our real
life selves, the more we fear the
hacking of these accounts and
the virtual and physical loss of
something that is ‘ours’. Thus the
idea of anonymity would seem like
an appealing alternative to keep
the interactions, but to protect our
data, ownership of content, and
identity.
However, if we look at something
like 8CHAN, a free chat room
site, anonymity may equate to
free expression, but this also
created a space where people
weren’t held accountable for
their actions. The programmer,
Fredrick Brennan, created the
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