This lecture was about identity and the way it viewed today, as well as the historical views on it. The are three main different forms of identity, these are, pre-modern, modern, and post-modern. Pre-modern refers to a stable and known identity which comes from long standing roles, such as married, government and the monarchy. Modern and Post-modern suggest that identity will come from what words are available to us such as madness, criminality and sexuality.
Identity can also be linked to the topic of stereotypes and a good example of this is the peice of work by Tracy Emin, called "Everyone I have Ever Slept With (1963-1995) " this piece was a tent, in which were the names of all of the people she has ever slept with. However, at first people could be very judgemental because at a first glance she it would have looked as though she had slept with a lot of people, however the actual reality is that all of the names were of people she had ever slept in a bed with, therefore this included family and friends.
This links back to how identity can be used and seen in Animation. Identity is a massive factor in character design. For example, a round shaped character is often kind and soft natured, where as a square shaped character often indicates intelligence. Quite often, characters are symmetrical, which allows them to be more memorable. This is an interesting one, because we can often get a good idea of a character's identity before they have even said anything.
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