Cybernetic self research / Idea 1

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This horrifying image is a Halloween optical illusion makeup tutorial. I picked out this image from a whole website of scary Halloween optical illusions, as it struck me as a potential idea I could direct towards my Cybernetic Self project. The unzipped face reveal instantly grabbed my attention. I could manipulate this concept to portray a face hiding behind a face, relating to the idea of false identity on social media.

You never know the true identity of a stranger online and this zip illusion is a fantastic way to portray this danger. People can be hiding behind profile pictures of others to seek who they desire and encourage them to indulge in their mislead activities. To express this I could reveal the face of someone else behind the face being zipped away. This would relate to, stripping away the profile picture to reveal the true identity.

Further more, this idea would develop into an advertising poster to illustrate the dangers to social media users who connect with new people online. It would be a warning to everyone, but the most targeted victims are the younger generation who are seeking companionship and are unaware of the real world and the fraudsters with in it. A high proportion of the victims targeted were aged under 30 at 33% and 9% under 20. Acts of fraud included, money investment fraud, paedophiles, physical abuse and other criminal activities. The link to this information is seen below.
https://suffolktradingstandards.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/fraudsters-are-using-social-media-and-apps-to-target-younger-generations/

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Tools I could use to make this design could be illustrator and Photoshop to layer, cut and merge the two faces and the unzipped zip. I would take photographs of people and create a series of posters, each with different face reveals to show the variety of criminals who commit this offence. The inclusion of type to a design like this would be vital to complete the message being communicated. I would create a slogan to illustrate the point at hand such as, who are you talking to, is it really him/her, who is on the other side, etc.