1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?
In many ways we are born with traits that form our identity. Our appearances, talents, and health are determined by our genetics which for many form their identity. However, the choices we make in life also "construct" who we are. Examples of this would include who we surround ourselves with, what schools we attend, and where we choose to live.
2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.
Our culture and social environments are constructed by choosing the people you surround yourself with as well as the places you decide to live.
3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.
As previously stated, your physical environment is constructed by choosing the place in which you live. Although your environment is also created by how you decorate your space. Much can be said about the person by looking at the place they live in. For example, my house is decorated very eclectically. My dad has traveled a lot and brings back a lot of interesting items. How we have decorated our house reveals that my dad and family values interesting items over having a cohesively decorated home.
4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?
I think what is constructed/fabricated is real. Though we have created a life for ourselves it
is very much real. Life is what we make of it and it is real.
5. Describe a narrative tableaux that you might create to be captured by a photograph. A narrative tableaux can be defined as “Several human actors play out scenes from everyday life, history, myth or the fantasy of the direction artist” ( Constructed Realities: The Art of Staged Photography Edited by Michael Kohler , 34).
A narrative to be created that would be interesting is people hanging out in the kitchen. I would use this because in our family we spend most of our time in that room. I'm not sure if it is the food that makes us gather or the counter where we can do homework, but it seems to be the place where everyone spends the most time. Photos taken of our family hanging out in a casual setting in our house would be a cool photo to be documented. One day when were all a lot older it will bring back some good memories of a casual day in the Yee home.
6. Describe an idea for a photograph that includes a miniature stage or still life. A description of such an image is “The tableaux reconstructs events as in the narrative tableaux, but in miniaturized format, using dolls and other toy objects” (Kohler, 34).
If I were to do this I may take a more symbolic approach and use still objects such as chairs or other objects to represent people. Many artists use objects to represent a bigger picture. I'm not sure exactly what I would do, but I like the use of symbolism in photos.
