I CONTAIN MULTITUDES
This work will draw upon my Muslim, second Generation Australian, queer, nonbinary, disabled, neurodivergent, and chronically ill identity and experiences. Inspired by the poem “I contain multitudes’.
My piece will explore what does “self” really mean? Is it our body, mind, soul, culture etc? What happens when this ‘self’ is witnessed by an outside perceiver? Through an audience? Through the digital landscape? What happen if this ‘self’ is different to the ableist, cis, white, hetero and status quo?
Our sense of self is now complicated by our digital selves and our online lives/persona’s. Our identities are now being reshaped down to our neurology through social media, algorithms, technology, dopamine hits and trends.
“Who are we authentically when we’re being shaped by digital apps, society, celebrity culture, and traditional media? Who creates these norms, the standards and benchmarks? Who does it serve and
what happens to those who don’t fit in?”
