A DIGITAL IDENTITY

/ MIX, GMU Fairfax/

Reed Griffith and Ulrich Norbisrath

Location: The MIX: Mason Innovation Exchange, window to the left of main entrance

Mural Fabrication: Harry Mayer. Advisor: Edgar Endress. Assistants: Khandker Islam, Fionnuala Fisk, Karina Carvalho, Johanna Lizardi.

A Digital Identity visualizes the perception of our identities as filtered through the invisible walls of online social media which are designed to narrate and distribute our daily lives across the Internet. Using proprietary algorithms, sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram reinforce biases about who we are. While these algorithms are largely invisible, they create very real barriers and conceptual walls which we have to navigate.