Show Self View: Product
Show Self View: Product
In late 2021, I was tutoring a course in which students
needed to make a short recording as one of their assessments. In response, we
tutors provided recorded feedback. After making my first recording, I watched it
back to ensure everything had worked. In doing so, I picked up ways in which I
could better present myself for the next recording. I did the same after making
the second recording. By the third recording I realised I was creating my own, iterative,
small data loop. To make my small data loop even more human readable, I distilled
it into a single datapoint over time – plotting the movement of my forehead
throughout each recording. Red dots are used for the first recording, blue for
the second recording, and green for the third recording. Then, I set these
datapoints to sound, adjusting pitch and dynamic according to my physical
movement. The product was awkward, uncomfortable, and a bit cringey – all the
things I feel when I watch a recording of myself. This is an exercise of
process over product, d-art-a over data, immersion over impartiality.
(Audio is in stereo with low frequency sound - recommend listening with over ear headphones.)
