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My Life as an Avatar: Kickstarter Project - July 2011 Gracie Kendal 1000 Avatar Project: Tonight Live Interview February 6, 2011 Gracie Kendal on Metaverse Arts December 19, 2010 VB15 Gracie/Kris" Oct 9th 2010 for the Caerleon Museum of Identity exhibit. Video Created by NicoleX Moonwall My Life as an Avatar Gracie Kendal, painting and Second Life, Tonight Live Interview May 17, 2009 VB15 Gracie/Kris" March 6, 2010 at Eostara. Video by Lori Landay Designing Worlds Interview My Life as an Avatar - The Gracie Kendal Project |
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The Gracie Kendal Project is a close-up daily view of a personal, social and psychological co-existence with my virtual persona. Using installation, text, photography, mixed media, video and performance, I project myself onto another form and confront my own imperfections.
My work deals with the process of becoming self-aware while living in a media-saturated, technologically advancing society. It is symbolic of the personal anxiety and loss of identity occurring in a world where visually aggressive advertisements dictate who you are supposed to be. In this environment I find it difficult to be comfortable in my own skin. My sense of self has become dislodged and torn apart.
Through documentation, I construct a narrative of self that represents me and is me, one that helps to deconstruct ideas of normalcy and authenticity.
Visit Kris' blog:The Gracie Kendal Project - A Conversation With My Avatar