After the discussion I had with Andy and after what he suggested to me, I will try to do some photographic ‘portraits’ of few social networking profiles I have chosen. I think this might be interesting and might work. It will give me the opportunity to include some of the aspects I previously mentioned here, but also having the interesting aspect of ‘representing’ a the digital ‘image’ (the profile) of a person, a female person through photography. The method of how I will choose my profiles, what age (maybe of different ages would bring extra interest?), what nationality (again maybe some different nationalities would be interesting), I will have to think now.

I got my Diana plastic “toy” camera today;-). I will post an image of it later…

Words

I tend to do some writing when thinking about art projects. Often its writing that makes not much sence to anyone else than my self…and not always even to my self afterwards. It is just random thoughts, ideas, words…the flow of thought. I feel its too personal to be placed here, so I just quickly had a look of a page I had written and took some words out of it (most of which I have used here anyway)…Maybe later I get the courage to place an original one here;-). Some of the words are in Finnish as I tend to mix the languages also when I write.

random words

 

 

 

Tutorial feedback form

I don’t know if the last chat we had was an official tutorial, but I filled this anyway…

Tutorial feedback 10.11.2009

Hassen

I wanted to make a comment on Hassen’s post where he wrote about the presentation debate, but on his blog I couldn’t put the comment (didn’t work), so I decited to write it here. I feel a bit sorry that there was not much support given to Hassen as that is what we all need. Though of course the critique is very important for pushing the work forward. Hassen wrote that he wants to make his language beautiful and I totally understand that and respect the effort and the idea. He has done a lot of work with that. I guess the problem lies in the combination of the difficult language and the subject which is hard for many of us to understand. So maybe making both of them a bit more accessible would make Hassen’s work easier for us to understand. Language can be beautiful without the use of very difficult words? I guess Hassen wants the language to part of the work, like poetry. I think it does suit the topic. But in whole I think it would benefit the work to make it a bit more accessible. Hassen shouldn’t also feel that he has done something wrong with it. The beauty of language is often dismissed and forgotten today. It is not respected anymore. Hassen is making a great effort. And a great effort for our course anyway, for always being there, always sending the archives etc and being a very very kind person.

I guess if the complex language is an essential part of Hassen’s work he could use it, but so that he first makes sure things are understood, that he first explains everything in more simple ways…This goes with the final piece too.

My Facebook Home page (ie the news feed without images) for the last about 12 hours

I find this a rather interesting to read without the names, without much sence, with different languages, random subjects…

-is happy to be turning 22 years old next month

• vill inte…

is now friends with…and 4 other people.

is now friends with…and 6 other people.

Sekalaisia images

• • • Ne demande pas pour qui sonne le glas, il sonne pour toi.

otti Mikä ammatti sopii sinulle? kyselyn ja tulokset ovat Kokki

• • • OK so now people who are tired of the rat race can go and experience life of a hamster in the Hamster hotel in Nantes…I hope running in a wheel and munching seeds reduces stress!!!

and.. are now friends.

is attending Virsibändi SUCCUBUSSUCKS @ Läskifest09.

is attending CRAPULA MUNDI.

• • • 3vkon päästä ei tarvi katella sumua ja sadetta! ♥

is now friends with V Vito, J Døttsdöttir and B Thomas.

is attending RAVE-IN-THE-BOX.

is attending “AD-ap-TAY-shun” by Charlie Shelley.

is now friends with… and…

• • • laskeutui hetki sitten Porin kamaralle! Torstaihin asti täällä ihan hissukseen!
    • 4.45 se on sitten lähtö lähetysmatkalle
    • Heipähei ihanat ystävät: 30 v. syntymäpäivä-nyyttäripiknik la 21.11 Talvipuutarhassa! Klo 12-16, vapaa sisäänpääsy.

And…are now friends.

became a fan of Super Sticks and EXCHANGE DUBLIN.

• • • juo ensin erasmuslaisten kanssa kaljaa Kadıköyssa, sitten heti perään turkkilaista teetä Suomessa. Sopiiko? Sopii!
    • koittaa järjestää synttäreitä. voisko lauantain vaan skipata? tai voisko joku muu tulla siivoon, leipoon, peseen ikkunat, pyykit ja lattiamaton. sekä ostaa viiniä, kaljaa ja muuta tarjoiltavaa.

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was tagged in an album.

• • • czechoslovakia celebrating 20 years of freedom today!! 20 years since the fall of communism, which has been – without any possible doubt – the most important event in my life and in this country’s modern history! thank fuck for it!
    • on varmaan jossain välissä taas jäänyt katujyrän alle vaikkei itse muista tapahtumasta mitään.
    • gym now or at 630?

is attending It’s All In Your Mind.

And … are now friends.

Profile Pictures

will discuss her latest works and give background to her practice.

and Louise Rapley are now friends.

• • • concentrates on food, and nothing but food.

Immediate short term studio sublets available.
Please forward:
Contact details
CV
5 Images of recent work

• • • unelmoi asioista, joita voisi tehdä, jos olisi pirteä

was tagged in an album.

• • • mistä näitä kivoja tuntihevosia oikein tulee osa II: Bella. Olipa kivaa koulutunnillakin!

became a fan of Dingle.

• • • ei sitä usein pääse 120-vuotiaan juhliin. Harmi että sattui maanantaille.

And holy crap…..video

• • • Silittelee..

is now friends with …and 5 other people.

became a fan of BAN Elizabeth Lambert From Soccer.

became a fan of Salon Magazin.

deep blue sea

31 new photos

• • • Hieman mielikuvitusta, ja lentäjien lakko ei tunnu missään.
    • Täytyy sanoo että on ollut aikas mielenkiintoinen päivä! Ei voi muuta sanoa ku että huh huh!!

became a fan of Wired and IDEO.

was tagged in an album.

Riina on saanut selville mitä joulukuusen alla odottaa:

• • • jokseenkin jäätävä olo…

and … are now friends.

just earned the ‘Crop Whisperer’ yellow ribbon in FarmVille!

• • • Asiaton/asiallinen oleskelija
    • kahvin keittelyä ja elämän pohdiskelua…

took the The Past Life Quiz quiz.

• • • Voi v***n lihapiirakka! Hiemanko on ÄRSYTTÄVÄ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • phone bill for thailand…:-/ not coolio!!

is attending “MITÄssITTE” Anne-Mari Pasanen

• • • _går inn i astrologiens verden. ‘ we are the dust that stars are made of ‘
    • influenssa piikitetty ja asiat hoidettu.onneks on anoppi lähel..

and …are now friends.

is now friends with …and …

is now friends with …and …

and …are now friends.

And …o are now friends.

Oikein.

• • • Raahautuu salille raskain askelin…maanantai! :/

Watch this………. HAHAHAHAHA

• • • Jaahas… Jos sitä sit kömpis tonne peiton alle! Aamulla taas röihin!

became a fan of Sydney Dance Company.

• • • On niin helppo olla on-nel-li-nen… mutta kyllä shoppailulle pyhitetty päivä kummasti luo siihen lisäarvoa!
    • And …are now friends.

Diana

I am ordering a lomography Diana camera. Time for some dreamy, lo-fi, medium format images;-). I hate at times how photography is often just about expensive equipments…So this is perfect for me;-). Just for the fun anyway if nothing else…

The core of my project

I have been thinking about my visuals and core of what I finally want to show through my images after all the different aspects I have been going through and focused on so far. I have come to a conclusion (for now!) to not concentrate on the identity issue as much, but take a step back. The identity was more of the core of my essay than it has been for my project.

I have though about the following aspects of social networking:

exhibitionism/performing ones self on-line

Collecting friends

Narcissism on-line

And what is behind all these aspects: I believe it is a ‘dream’, or ‘dreams’ for many, especially females and young females. Dreams of success, dreams of being popular, dreams of fame, dreams of relationships etc.

So I have been thinking about visuals which show a person on a ’stage’. Also because during my research it came out that many think social networking as a sort of a ’stage’, a possibility, the 15 minutes of fame thing and all. That is what they are after, what they like… what is their dream that could come from ones on-line actions. (Just to stress ones again that I am not generalizing this to include everyone, but enough big amount to make a project out of it).

So now I have to go all the different ways I could present this visually…I have something in mind with flash lights and a red empty theatre with a female on stage pressing, showing the shutter release of the camera in her hand…and other ideas from different places/settings. This could all change still…I just came to this conclusion, so I have to think about how to do the visuals.

Chain e-mail

Thanks to all of you who wrote into the chain started by Susan. I had no time to answers to that from my side. What I would like to apologise now is the fact that I didn’t put much feedback into the last Tuesdays discussion. It is my own problem and I should not make it and excuse here, but currently my only way to join the chats is with Lucas and he is far from being good at playing by himself. He is next to me all the time and I really have to do a lot of work to follow the chat. At times I put him to Skype with my dad and it might work for a while…some lucky times he may take a little nap if the night was short. He does understand that I have ’school’ and he tries a bit more than usual to entertain himself…But  it makes my chats a bit exhausting;-).I am really sorry about this. Another thing is my language. I find it at times hard to keep up with the discussion because of that. It takes me more time sometimes to read and understand I guess. I don’t Think my english is generally very bad, but I must say it has rusted a lot because I just speak Finnish all the time at home…I used to use it a lot more…Also many words people use are not the most common ones;-), so I have to struggle a bit to make sence of the sentences at times. Anyway, it’s all good for me. Just that I can not keep up with the speed always.

Questions and answers

Susan Mortimer (s_mortimer1)

Jenni I wondered if there was similar occurence for young men?

Andrew Stiff (astiff)

i suppose my fiorst one is ot to be awkward – but is there a clear delinartoon between m/f online personlaity – do they get used differently?

susan put it better

Jenni Granholm (jenni)

To many extends yes. Many studies I red are done about both sexes

Jenni Granholm (jenni)

Well, I guess I have explained in my essay why I have wanted to concentrate on the female issue…its not a matter that if this is only a female issue…its more of an female issue but does apply to extends to males as well

• To this I would like to add that some studies I read say that while males do perform their identity online as well, females tend to do it more and especially more through these types of image performances. I personally think that possibly its rising amongst males as well as many males are more and more paying attention to their looks in similar ways than females?
• Anyway I concentrated only on females because of the artist connections I found interesting and because of the other reasons I state in my essay.

Kevin Fox (fox_tmp)

I think the idea is very interesting, and in many ways follows through ideas of feminst thoery, but how do aware do you think are the majority of women of the issues around this idea? And I suppose is that important?

Im just thinking that the feminst movemnets for the 60s-80s had a very valid place in society. Is this still the case for the this digital feminism?

Well I was thinking moree that is this an overt style of female preformance that has become a kind of next stage of femminst? In short yeah, is it a good thing that the female image has become possibly subjectified at such a huge level?

For example Jenni the first slide is Cindy Sherman who challened the male gaze, are you suggesting that social network sites do the same, or are they conforming with make gaze notions, or is that no longer relevant?

• I don’t think (this opinion is formed through what I have read) females today, especially young females are interested about feminism any more. They don’t see the need to it. Well, at least not in the same way than ‘back in the days’. I have read a book called ‘Female Chauvinist Pigs’ (what a name I know) and the author writes (as others I have come across too) about how what females see as feminism today is the liberation to be overtly sexual and show ones self off. By this they think that they have the power in their own hands. They objectify themselves and other women…and somehow they think that this is feminism, that finally we have overcome everything. They don’t challenge the male gaze, or critique it in any ways by doing this. They purely accept it as the way it is and try to take the best out of it. So use it to get attention and power. Also to the same category belongs the liking to talk and act like males in many ways. They see this as equality. They think that finally we have overcome everything and no feminism as in the old days is needed any more…But I think as the author of the book thinks too, that somehow they have misunderstood something. They have given up and joined males as they cannot fight against them either. I guess you could call this a liberation. But really??? For sure it is easier to be/act like that, but…does it really make female lives better? I am not going more into this cause I could go forever…;-)Anyway, to come back a bit…I don’t think the majority of the females have any sort of feminist ideas behind their images. They take images mostly to look good and attract attention, some to have power (or what they think is power) or also some to show some sides of themselves they for a reason or another wish or have the need to…But I find it interesting that there are connections with the images of the artists. This I think it is because many (especially young) females copy what they see in the media. They want to look the same. It seems that yes, the female image has been subjectified at a huge lever and I don’t think its good. I wanted to make this essay so that I am open and understanding and not generalizing things too much etc. Now after it was written I can be more hard on what I see…though I am also more understanding to why especially young females are doing what they are doing…I am just personally hoping that females would generally be stronger than they are…
• If I would do a second essay continuing from this one I could get more into the feminist aspect of things and the state of feminism today. In my essay I more used the artists to prove the performance aspect of the feminine identity, plus the influence of the media representations and the fragmented nature also. Also I showed that many females want to show themselves in much the same ways than what has been criticized by artists like Sherman and Simmons. The artists made the images to criticize media representations of women, and many women today seem to want to show themselves  through the representations…or want may be the wrong word. I guess it is natural to do that, you have to be strong to not to go with what is everywhere around you. But I still find it award, or sad that in social networking sites females have the all the possibilities in the world to show themselves in some other ways and still many choose not to.

Andrew Stiff (astiff)

has the online environment ‘empowered’ the indicvidual – ie their identity is under theoir controal rather then someone elses?

which i suppose brings in to the fray that now more then ever we have the ability to create our identity – we all have our chance ofr the infamous 15 mins of fame -  we are global

Jenni Granholm (jenni)

To Andys question i don’t think the identity is totally under their control…its still controlled by the feedback, expectations etc other issues I talk about…but yes, there is the possibility to have more control

-And controlled by the media ect. But yes for sure you can have control of how you want to show yourself on-line ie. To have control of the identity you expose there, what you want people to see, how you want them to see you.

Andrew Stiff (astiff)

is there much evidence of image maniulation on the scale of sherman? i guess artists have played with it that way?

- Not sure if I understand this one. What do you mean by image manipulation in the female profile images? Is performed manipulated?

Essay Presentation

Here is my essay presentation. I decided to do a basic video again (terrible quality). There are few things I was supposed to change, but I haven’t had the time/energy now (Lucas has been sick)… I was supposed to take the off the reference bits, cause they just make the texts look longer…I hope over all it’s not too long and boring;-). The text might be going a bit fast at times, sorry about that. Also if the music bothers you, put it down. I just found it sort of suitable because of the french chorus…or it was the only one that came into my mind that might suit.