Social Visualization November 4, 1999

Portraits

Judith Donath

1) Portraits

a. Subject

i. Tension/power

b. Portrayer

i. Tension/power

c. Viewer

d. Cultural context

e. Medium

2) Self-portrait vs. portrait

3) 1st person vs. 3rd person

4) Formulaic portrayal of self - format

a. Questions about yourself

b. Resume

5) Limited domain, constrained representation and data

dial feelings à change “feeling” of artwork

can this map to characteristics/affordances/variables in piece?