Joseph DeLeon
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The specter and the selfie
I was struck by your post, Jenny, in that it sounds like Maureen takes a selfie after essentially being catfished by the spectral presence on the other end of her text exchange. Your description of this scene provides perhaps an interesting commentary on ... -
My face is the front of shop
What a great text to put into conversation this week on self-images. There's a lot going on in this video! I was drawn to the break-down moment in the middle of the clip, where the glittery water droplets form text in the absence of SOPHIE's dig ... -
Live-Streaming Body Horror
Wow, that trailer was a ride! Building off of Jenny's comments, I also feel like the themes that Cam evokes relate to Artificial Intelligence and the cultural fears surrounding the uncanny valley. Echoing the spectral text dialogue in Personal Sho ... -
Skyping Selfie Death
Wow, it's remarkable how much the blog posts touched on dystopian or horror approaches to the self-image. I think Unfriended has much in common with Cam on the "liveness" front. Andrea's post evoked for me that liveness confers a re ...