“How do we hold digital space? We hold space as usernames, user profiles, icons, and avatars. The ability to hold a unique space is fundamental to taking part in society.”
– Researcher
Theresa Reimann-Dubbers, on the types of ‘placeholders’ we use to represent ourselves online. Just one of the analytical questions raised in her video essay
We Need to Talk about Avatars, Reimann-Dubbers probes how “our digital self is a carefully angled window to our physical self.”
