THEA 20
Performing Self-Portraiture in the Age of Instagram Winter 2019

Cross-listed WGSS 20 / ARTS 20
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What does it mean to represent your own body? How do we craft compelling performances of self in a social media marketplace that treats our bodies as currency? In this studio course, we look at the lineage of the self-portrait and the role it plays in the creation of our personal mythologies. We will consider the work of Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems, Jacolby Satterwhite, Kim Kardashian West and others. How have artists, now and in the past, turned the camera on themselves? Is it possible to subvert the gendered and racialized gaze? Students will create their own kinetic self-portraits, exploring forms such as looping video, gifs, stop-motion, and animation. Adjunct Instructor Bio: Kameron Neal is a queer Black video artist and performance-maker based in NYC. His work has been seen and developed at Ars Nova, BAM, La MaMa, New York Theatre Workshop, Soho Rep., Digital Graffiti Festival, Vox Populi and Yale’s Center for Contemporary Arts and Media. Kameron has also designed campaigns for The Public Theater, Joe’s Pub, Under the Radar Festival, and Shakespeare in the Park, with the creative direction of Pentagram partner, Paula Scher.
The Class: Format: afternoons
Limit: 10
Grading: pass/fail only
Requirements/Evaluation: final performance
Prerequisites: none
Enrollment Preferences: if overenrolled, students will be selected by submitting a brief statement of interest
Materials/Lab Fee: none
Notes: This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
WGSS 20 ARTS 20 THEA 20
Attributes: EXPE Experiential Education Courses

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