Automediality
is a key component to my artistic practice
Automediality
is what Emma Maguire describes as
using
"self-representational practices across
...an
abundant variety of digital modes
to
mediate [our] lives...
[A]n
automedial approach takes for granted that the self
is
'brought into being by the process of mediation' rather than simply [being]
...the
storied form of a pre-existing subject...
[A]utomedial
texts are shaped by the networks of production
and
consumption in which they circulate"*
In
other words, automediality is a form of
autobiography
through media,
in
real time,
shaped
by the media outlets utilized
I do
not use social media
for
its "social" attributes
I use
social media and automediality
to
enable me to express
where
I am in my artistic process,
a
mirror, a tool
to
help me to see how far I have come
and
where I need to go next and
"to
bring my self into being"
the
digital modes I currently use are
Instagram,
Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest
and
the journal on this website
each
social media outlet I use has a different way
of
eliciting from me
the
emotional, spiritual and philosophical state of mind
I am
in at that moment
the
posts on this journal
are
stream of consciousness
memories,
emotions, thoughts and feelings
recorded
in real time
(read
the daily page sequentially in reverse,
as
the post at the top is the most recent)
I
frequently use images and quotes
as
modes of expression
thank
you for following along with me
on my
journey
*quoted from Self-Branding, Hotness and Girlhood in the Video Blogs of Jenna Marbles
by Emma Maguire
for a greater understanding and an in depth perspective on automediality
I highly recommend this fascinating text