Going to the "Private Lives, Public Spaces" exhibit was something pretty unique to me as I could not go on the original date due to personal reasons so I decided to go on alone on my own time. I feel like this gave me the chance to look at the exhibit with a different set of eyes than if I would have gone with the class. The exhibit was extremely different than what I am normally used to seeing at museums since those videos were so inclusively private yet on display for the world to see. Usually art at museums are also a look into the artists' minds but the format tin this exhibit made it extremely unique and honestly refreshing. Homemade videos not only give you a look into a person's mind but also the lives that they live on the daily, along with their personality and character. In my opinion, I believe that this is why the museum named the exhibit "Private Lives, Public Spaces". Everything about the videos showed a glimpse of individuality, whether it was the content in the video or even something like the way it was filmed.

As individuals, it is said that we all have numerous "faces" that we put on, one you show the world, one you show only to close family and friends, and finally one that we show only ourselves when we are alone. Because of this, one can make the argument that humans have numerous identities. Some of these are how you identify yourself and how society identifies you as. Sometimes these personalities even mix with one another. The construction of this identity is based off of a person's words, actions, and thoughts. It is because of this that Judith Howard stated in his article that identity is assigned not selected. A person can easily say that they are one thing, but if their actions state the opposite, which one has more weight to it? Along with this, there has also been a question in cognitive psychology for decades now asking which one impacts a person more, nature or nurture? D the events of and environment of a person's life dictate who they are or is it something that is genetically inclined? Either way, these are both things that are out of a human's control.

One of the many videos that caught my eye was Howard Guttenplan's "Tompkins Square Park". Even before watching the video in its entirety I was already taken aback by how it was filmed in such a public place as the setting. In this video there were many people many who were dancing and singing with one another. To me it seemed that this video was probably filmed a while ago because of numerous reasons. The way that the people were interacting with one another was very unique to their time period. They were showing so much love and were so comfortable with one another that it really was quite eye opening for me. For them to be able to show that much affection in public and not bat an eye, it was a dead give away that this was a different time in history.