panopticon

How does that make you feel? Why do you deserve help? What do you have? Do you know who you are?

panopticon
/ pænˈɒp tɪˌkɒn /

A circular prison built with cells arranged radially so that a guard at a central position can see all the prisoners at all times.

panopticism

/pænˈɒp tɪˌsɪz əm /

A mode of social control in which individuals begin to police themselves due to constant surveillance, thus shaping disciplined, docile and productive bodies.

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Identity is a funny and complex thing. Many of us go through life without ever thinking about all the little things that make us, well, us. We wanted to talk about identity formation, and the little ways in which we individuate. We wanted to pick apart the places where we are attached to others, and how that informs who we ourselves are. We wanted to explore the ways in which the people we surround ourselves with, and the versions they hold of us, can almost transcend our own personal conceptions of selfhood. The constant observation of self through the eyes of others is both a warped and more true vision of the self we get to experience with the people we love.

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Archival panopticon score: Panopticon Full Sound Design by Tadgh Snodgrass (soundcloud.com)