SLP 1: Dressing of Alter Ego, Persona or Second Self
“alter yourself and what garments might you choose to be in accord with your research interests so they became a physical manifestation of those preoccupations?”
“a complete kit that is a physical manifestation of your research/thematics.”
Outfit tool kit
- soft colourful scarf, attraction to soft materials
- Mesh net top / reminiscent of rave clothing worn in the 90s
- Bright scrunchie, neon colour reflective of colourful lights and psychedelic posters
During the transformation dressing ritual I listened to a youtube video called “Liquid | off the air | Adult swim”
The sounds in the music video are electronic but satisfying to listen to and go through many phases. As I began to dress and decorate myself in the items I heard the sounds move into different parts of the song, develop and change and I felt this affected how I felt about the alter ego I was creating and the feeling of my ‘new’ (alter ego body) in these new items.
A lot of my items were focused on the colour and feeling go them to touch, the soft scarf, the bright hair scrunchie, the netted black top.
I found that the phases of music changing as I dressed brought confidence to the alter ego at point. I began to imagine what event or activity I would be dressing for and how the clothes would make them feel.
I considered the theme of my project and began to think if my items were placed on a seat before me would another person agree that they are suitable in a project that is about finding euphoria? As this alter ego in new clothing I began to think about how it is unlikely that others would associate my theme with the items I had chosen and how finding euphoria – especially in our society is done in so many different ways: being alone, on holiday, having sex, listening to music, taking drugs, being asleep, dancing… One person’s ideas of finding euphoria might be someone else’s ideas of hell. I thought about how my perspective on this is affected by my position within society, young adult, female, middle class, living in London etc.
Practice-based Research Project 