>nishio I went to see Anno-san(as artist)'s new work with Yamane-san, 「自己同一性柔軟体操」("Self-Identity Flexibility Gymnastics.") It featured people—created through deep fake—with faces different from mine yet performing the same movements as I do.
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>nishio This artwork was described as a kind of "flexibility exercise" in which one’s self-identity is stretched, causing pain, but also becoming more flexible. I couldn’t stop laughing. #Plurality
>nishio Why do I laugh? Am I trying to trivialize what’s happening right in front of me by laughing? Are the bumps and contours on the surface of my physical body part of my identity, or are they merely assumptions and conventions? The mystery only deepens.