“STARE”: PANOPTICON IN TWITTER THROUGH INSTALLATION ART

• Main Author: Khansa Anindya, Aneira
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/75811
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

"Pirsa” is an installation art that aims to represent the panopticon phenomenon on Twitter social media. In this phenomenon, Twitter users feel one of the negative impacts of social media, one of which is being constantly monitored by community members. Community members usually monitor each other to limit their range of motion—disagreeing ideologies and opinions can get someone kicked out. Bubble filters or content personalization is also one of the purposes of monitoring that occurs, trapping someone to see the same kind of tweets every time. Therefore, the writer sees Twitter as an inverted panopticon building. Community members play a role as prisoners who watch the guard constantly. Individuals who are monitored will continue to feel that their movements are being watched, so that the individual's attitude will adjust to the wishes of the community even when they are not being watched. The author carries out the process of creating works by studying the theory of art as a representation, the Theory of Panopticon by Michel Foucault, and Theory of Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser. Then, a two-way mirror is determined as the main medium of the work in order to convey the idea as good as possible. This medium was chosen because of its reflective properties on one side and transparent on the other. The work "Pirsa" was then completed as a hexagon-shaped room installation. This work is the author's attempt to visualize the panopticon effect on Twitter into an interactive work of art. The title of the work "Pirsa" was chosen to represent the idea of the panopticon effect in Twitter social media.