About this Episode
What happens when we shift the way we act, speak, or even think depending on who we’re with? In this video, we explore frame switching—a psychological and social phenomenon where individuals adopt different “selves” across cultural and social contexts. Drawing on research from cultural psychology, sociology, and performance studies, this episode examines how authenticity, consistency, and social expectation shape our identities. Through the lens of cultural theory and lived experience, the video asks: Is inconsistency really inauthentic? Or is it simply the cost of navigating a complex social world?
This is the second of four episodes in Chapter 4 of the thesis, Scripting for Agency, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of how characters emerge, shift, and are socially regulated.
About this Series
Scripting for Agency: An Artistic Enquiry into Selfhood, Character and Agency in the Age of AI is a video lecture series based on Dr Katarina Ranković’s practice-based PhD in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Combining philosophy, performance, creative writing, and AI theory, the series explores how our understanding of the self shapes our personal lives, our politics, and our relationship to intelligent technologies.
Links
Series Playlist: https://bit.ly/sfa-series
PhD thesis (PDF format): https://bit.ly/sfa-pdf
Thesis artworks: https://bit.ly/sfa-art
Thought Shift Performance Experiment
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