Vol. 10 (2024): Vol. 10 (2024): post(s) 10
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Why the Selfie Matters? A First-Person Story

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  • Brenda Vega
Brenda Vega
Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18272/post(s).v10i1.3348

Published 2024-12-02

Keywords

  • selfie,
  • performance,
  • Photography,
  • autoethnography

How to Cite

Vega, B. (2024). Why the Selfie Matters? A First-Person Story. Post(s), 10(1), 56–67. https://doi.org/10.18272/post(s).v10i1.3348

Copyright (c) 2024 Brenda Vega

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Abstract

This paper is a retrospective of the author’s artistic production, written in first person. Selfies have been central to her work for the past eight years. The process of her selfie-making comes from a tradition of self-portraiture and performance, especially inspired by women artists in different periods who disguised themselves to convey a persona, such as the case of Cindy Sherman. In the art pieces described in the paper, the selfie plays different roles, one as an online archive and then as a fragmented self-portrait; the selfie also flirts with AI in two collaborative works discussing the selfie as an object of self-significance. The future of the selfie regarding the artist’s production is part of the conclusion of this paper.

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