Incognito Mode
About
This animation addresses the need for education to address easily accessible internet pornography, especially as it impacts young people’s lives. It gives an insight on the topic through the voice of young people themselves.
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Director Biography
Ruth Beer is a Canadian artist/researcher based in Vancouver, British Columbia on the on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories. Her interdisciplinary work, including sculpture, installations and film has been presented nationally and internationally in galleries, museums and festivals. Her artistic research practice is recognized with generous support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and by the BC Arts Council. The animation film Incognito Mode is intended to contribute to opening conversations about internet pornography and its role in the lives of young adults as in education on the topics of sex and intimacy. She is a Professor in the Faculty of Art and Graduate Studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Pedagogical value
Young people need an outlet to navigate their sexuality during the time when internet pornography becomes easily accessible. This animated documentary hopes to leave scholars, educators, and especially young people burning questions about how this matter impacts their lives and the next generation.
Incognito Mode emerged from interviews with university students studying to be professional actors. It also draws on observation of their self-reflective, devising process of a theatre production focused on the prevalence of internet pornography within their experiences and those of their peers. The animation is a compilation of their perspectives on easily accessed internet pornography and the role it plays in their lives. The animation is intended to support educators and others in removing the stigma for young adults of addressing the reality of internet pornography and its impacts in their lives.
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