#typology #staging #off-space #theater #public #private #cameraeye.

Public and private are not opposites on a spectrum but rather an intertwined concept of people interacting with one another. Privacy is a shared agreement between individuals, where each person has equal rights over the information that has been shared. By controlling the data we disclose or managing access to it, we navigate the balance between the definitions of privacy and publicity.
When we put things online, we often lose control over who can access the data we’ve revealed, effectively rendering it public. Streaming, in this context, becomes an act that plays with the idea of public intimacy. It revolves around creating a controlled and compelling live performance for viewers.
Every performer requires a stage—a space that bridges the gap between the actor and their performance. The stage must meet all technical needs, convey the narrative, communicate the atmosphere, immerse the audience, and manipulate their perception. Over time, a stage evolves into more than just a tool—it becomes a self-sustaining entity in its own right.
Streaming environments represent a relatively new and underexplored typology. Like a theatrical stage, they immerse the viewer in a virtual world, simulating an intimate and personal experience. These environments are a vector data stream, entirely controlled and curated by the streamer. They exist only within a specific moment, following a particular order and perspective defined by the camera’s angle.
“The Extreme Self” is a concept of radicalized online presence—a critique of the virtual environments and identities we shape. This project builds upon that idea, creating an extreme streaming environment tailored to the extreme self. Scraped and repurposed from the public domain, assets, and building blocks for the stage are gathered from the far reaches of the internet. The rooms are inspired by various streaming typologies, which overlap and merge, forming a 24/7 nonstop streaming stage designed to ensure a constant data flow to diverse streams.
The private life of the SELF becomes public. The YOU and your surroundings exist solely FOR and WITHIN the camera’s eye. You become a “Glass Human” in a post-privacy scenario, where only your public self and actions are acknowledged. Does anything unregistered cease to exist? The stage extends beyond the camera’s field of view, serving as a private extension. The OFF-Space—the unseen framework holding the virtual stage together—might be far more expansive and complex than the stage itself. Yet revealing this hidden framework risks shattering the illusion you worked so carefully to construct.

Film by
Kharkovchuk Vitalii

Supervision by
Uwe Brunner & Dominic Schwab

“AGE OF YOU” | ./studio 3 | University of Innsbruck

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