Marco Bañares
Opening
June 6, 2021
Secret Fresh Gallery
Ronac Art Center, Ortigas Ave, 1502 San Juan, Philippines
“Persona” can refer to either the public image of one’s personality, or the social role that one adopts, or a fictional character. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. On the social web, users develop virtual personas as online identities. In fan fiction and in online stories, the personas may especially reflect self-insertion.
Since your persona is the part of yourself that you present to the world, it likely represents only one side of your personality. You can identify a persona by thinking about what the person has to gain from the character he or she puts on. Additionally, observing someone in other contexts can help reveal discrepancies in the character they reveal.
Show opens on June 6, Sunday 2pm.
