ESSAY - “The Online Persona - Navigating The Digital.”
Chelsea-Anne Salter MA Fine Art FT UCA Farnham “The Online Persona - Navigating The Digital.” The project follows an autobiographical journey through the discovery of sexuality online and on social media, and how that behaviour bleeds into the real world, from the point of virginal curiosity. The fantasy elements of romance, often inspired by the safe worlds of romance novels and artworks, are juxtapositioned with the harsh reality of being a woman online through screen prints, texts and screenshots. It aims to communicate and explore the result of online culture, and the consumption of a female body in the digital world through an autobiographical lens. The aim of this project is not to project a viewpoint, nor create a negative light on the internet, or the senders of the messages within this project, but rather to open the room for discussion when it comes to online culture, interaction and behaviour. When it comes to the digital work of this project, the research jumps between two...
