chatroulette: encounter 9 from Leisa Sutton on Vimeo.
I encountered a man that was using a monster puppet. I was amused, and by far it was the most humorous of circumstances that I have experienced on Chatroulette. When experiencing this, I was immediately taken back to Cheryl Sourkes essay, understanding how the term performativity is used to describe the material presence of abstract discourses. I don't know what he is trying to achieve with this character, or if he is trying to compensate for his identity in day to day life, but it interests me. I wish we could have talked longer because of this. I would think Judith Butler would explain it in a different way, saying that "a subject is never performing his or herself, but rather enacting certain discourses.” This monster could be a discourse of his day to day life.
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