inside my sock drawer: sophie calle

Sophie Calle has been one of the most unusual artists being covered so far in the class when it comes to self-portraits. Sophie Calle is known to be very intimate and have "no filter" when it comes to her artwork by first looking at it. Personally I felt that way when I first saw her artwork of her ex-boyfriend break up letter. Although some of her art seems very much like it is privacy-invasive (like the "sleepers" and "hotel" art pieces), she shows how they can be much like a self portrait. My "selfie" here that does include a picture of me and my hands and feet is inspired by Sophie Calle's art work of the hotel rooms of other people. Since her way of displaying art was to show the true intimate self through emotion and physical actions, I first thought to myself what would be left of me to show that truly defines me from the same way Sophie Calle does? I chose to put a picture of myself sleeping at 5-years old next to a small rosary box and my retainer case inside my sock drawer. I figured to myself these items in a sock drawer are the "inner" part of me that I dont usually show right off the bat. On page 126 in The art of self invention, Frankenstein infers from the writing of Elk man's FACS to point out that the way we act on the outside sometimes causes others to draw to a conclusion. He goes on to say that we naturally are trained to respond to details in presentation. For example if we see someone rubbing their eyes a lot some would assume their blind like with Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
    From this information we can assume that there our own identity has a "underneath" side. In this Frankenstein says,
    "At minimum the self is bi-curated, it has a double; there is the conscious and unconscious, private and public, civilized and based, good and bad, and we can create ourselves as well-rounded beings from the management of these seemingly opposed elements." (126)
     These ideas also confirm that our self-identity has to do with how our experiences shape us and how we have different personalities and image for different occasions.