Today’s lecture revolved around the question, “How do we determine who we are?” We discussed the many different classifications that we use to categorize ourselves, or identify ourselves, or, rather, that are imposed on us by other people. From broad classifications such as species and gender, to more specific ones like personal mental abilities, testes and activities. We then went on to talk about reflexivity, and looked at how we can learn little bits about the identities of artists through close examinations of their works. My two favorite artists that we looked at were Albert Chong, and Tatsumo Orimoto. I loved the mixed mediums involved in Chong’s work, often mixing found objects with photography and sculpture. What I found gripping about Orimoto’s work, more specifically, his Bread Man Performance Series, is the playfulness surrounding it, an apparent lack of seriousness, yet the creating of fresh, eye catching visuals that simply put, made me laugh, a good reacting in my book. I liked how this collection of pieces involved both a physical performance aspect, immersing himself in the piece, or rather, bringing the identity of the piece, into his life, as well as took the form of photographic documentation.
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