About this Episode
This method, derived from my art practice, involves recognising the malleability of personhood and using performance to newfangle the self and make room for new kinds of thoughts to emerge.
When I use this practice to temporarily behave in a slightly altered way, it seems to shift the landscape of my mind and allows me to have thoughts that seem to have been previously inaccessible. As part of my ongoing research into the relationship between (fictional) character, roleplay and personhood, this video shares instructions on how to carry out the performance method yourself.
About this Series
Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies.
Links
Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series
PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf
Thesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art
