Since September 2016, when this 360° course cluster began, I have been posting on social media, as was required by the class and the 360° program. Looking back on these posts, I’ve noticed that they fall into three discrete categories across two social media platforms.
Part One: Instagram
Over the course of this 360° I have been posting on Instagram. These posts are public facing, branded with college and program-specific hashtags, and tend to focus on activities done for class or the themes of the self, mirrors, and masks. With this in mind, my Instagram posts can be seen as a kind of performance of identity, one that taps into a certain type of social media language and remains within specific privacy boundaries.
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post by user @pengirl55
Screenshot of an Instagram post that is a screenshot of a Facebook profile by user @pengirl55
Part Two: Tumblr
Through this class, though, I have also been actively posting on Tumblr. Note that the posts to which I’m referring are not original content but are reblogged posts, which can be seen as a type of appropriation while giving credit to the creator. While many of my Tumblr posts over this year are unrelated to our direct class activities, the posts do cover the themes of mirrors, masks, portraits, and self-portraits among other topics. While I didn’t necessarily tag these posts with our class hashtag, I was unconsciously thinking about these concepts as I posted them on my personal tumblr. These posts tend to be less public-facing, even though my tumblr is publicly accessible.
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user womeninarthistory of a painting by André Brasilier
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user anarchoace of a series of photographs by Jess T Dugan
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user womeninarthistory of a work by Alice Macallan Swan
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user theladyintweed of a painting by John Singer Sargent
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user butterbutch of three paintings by Romaine Brooks
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user venusian-eye
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user wetheurban of a series of works by Monica Rohan
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user washingtonpost of a series of photographs by Emily Stein
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user buzzfeed of a series of photographs by Moshoodat Sanni
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user womeninarthistory of an illustration by Cheri Hérouard
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user spoutziki-art of a painting by John William Waterhouse
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user viralthings
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user argonauticae of a series of photographs by Hélène Gugenheim
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user the-magic-beans of a painting by Keith Haring
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user bobbycaputo of a series of photographs by Jessica Todd Harper
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user spoutziki-art of a quote by John Berger
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user dappledwithshadow of a painting by Antonin Slaviček
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user hanecdote
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user womeninarthistory of a portrait by Kehinde Wiley
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user the-real-eye-to-see of a series of photographs by Myles Loftin
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user womeninarthistory of a painting by Lilla Cabot Perry
Part Three: Tumblr Identity
Over this year I have also been reblogging posts that tend to convey ideas or emotions to which Tumblr users are meant to relate. The act of reblogging these posts on to a personal, anonymous blog can be seen as a form of enacting this shared Tumblr identity and curating a persona to be performed for a specific, anonymous audience.
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user sideraclara
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user historyisajoke
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user angehlics
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user pukejar
Screenshot of a tumblr post that is a screenshot of a tweet by user @mytoecold
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user amedot-fangirl
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user bumblebee-pd
Screenshot of a tumblr post
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user daddyfuckedme that is a screenshot of a tweet by user @strmpilots
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user bpdpoc
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user square-enix
Screenshot of a tumblr post of a screenshot of a tweet by user @tdoyle_
