Self-Portrait, Selfie, Self: Notes on Identity and Documentation in the Digital Age

Though the self-portrait has been hailed as the defining artistic genre of modernity, there is not yet a good account of what the self-portrait actually is. This paper provides such an account through the lens of document theory and the philosophy of information. In this paper, the self-portrait is...

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Main Author: Tim Gorichanaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-09-01
Series:Information
Subjects:
art
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/10/10/297