Response to Lecture #2

At today's lecture Kip spoke about identity and the many classifications that we assign to ourselves in order to fit inside limits that we create. When Kip was asking random students the loaded question, "Who are you?" it was obvious that there was no correct answer he was looking for. I believe that there are numerous ways to define yourself and sometimes instead of opting for the most obvious associations such as race, gender, and age, you can define yourself by the things you are not. All and all in is probably the most difficult question to try and answer because identities are always changing even when the race, religion, ethnicity, and gender aspects remain stagnant. We were given a lot of examples of artists. I enjoyed Annie Noggle, Adrian Piper, and Tatsumi Orimoto the best. I think Annie Noggle's controversial, provocative, and contradictory portrayals of women and old age were most fascinating. I do not know the reasons behind the double standard that faces men and women as they get older. Her work is so simple but the idea and message is complicated and authentic. I have thought about these double standards before but being young still, I have yet to experience any ageism. Her work kind of opened up my mind to a new way to playfully approach issues while still taking a stance and displaying your perception on them. I wish we could have watched the entire stand-up act of Eddie Izzard. I have never seen it before but I have definitely seen and heard of him. I thought it was hilarious.