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Lior Edrich

6 updates, last on Oct 5, 2026

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Questions this week

Week 5

I was thinking about the 8 provocations I have been working on, and the 3 prototypes I've created.

Week 4

What happens when the technology that once gave young people a space to author themselves begins authoring them instead? Can digital spaces be designed to encourage exploration and self-authorship rather than consumption and performance?

Week 3

Maybe I want to incorporate digital nostalgia into my research.

Week 2

What did I find so exciting about the early internet that feels different from the internet now? What would a digital space look like if it protected expression rather than optimized it?

Week 1

I was thinking about where I was last semester with my research.

Weel 6: Provotype

Current Thesis Questions 1. What happens to a person's identity when a significant part of their life happens online? 2. How does the environment in which we present ourselves shape what parts of our identity we choose to reveal, curate, and share? 3. What happens when people have the ability to create and control their own spaces for self-expression online?

Research discoveries

Week 5

So for my 3 prototypes, I made a google form, a miro board, and a draft a character creator/personality test. It has been interesting to see how people work through my experiments versus my previous prototypes which have just involved me.

Week 4

my professor in my seminar B class showed me some resources that have been helpful. I also have been thinking of different ways to show what I am thinking about.

Week 3

I'm surprised to see how motivated I am to finding a different angle. But I want it to be something interesting and impactful.

Week 2

I’ve started thinking less about whether the online self is “real” or “fake” and more about how different digital environments bring out different versions of us.

Week 1

I was just trying to get back into the swing of things.

Weel 6: Provotype

Something big I realized is this whole topic is really about how I enjoy sharing things. And my miro project made me realize that some people don't get the same opportunity as me for example when it comes to expressing themselves and their interests. a quote from a free write i did about the miro board "a lot of the people on that board are employed as well in non-art related jobs (education, medicine, military, engineering, etc. but also some graphic designers haha) so when do they normally have the time to express themselves like this? "

Other work

Week 5

Honestly, I've mostly been working on these prototypes, and observing the results i've been getting. i didnt get to complete my character maker because this is a huge project but i've been wanting to create something like this for a while.

Week 4

I feel like I kind of hit a mental wall in what I am trying to research. I know there is more out there for me to look into but I can't seem to find something to hold onto. I'm working on trying to figure this out through researching.

Week 3

I tried to find some sources for my thesis.

Week 2

Nothing physical, just mostly thinking about the next steps of my thesis; what I want to go into, things to focus on, other sides of my topic to research

Week 1

Just figuring out where to go next.

Weel 6: Provotype

I've been annotating a lot in Seminar B. And this has just been changing my viewpoint on what I am interested in with my topic.

Other questions or notes

Week 5

no :) but if you want to do the google form I submitted, feel free! it would be cool to get more responses

Week 4

No :)

Week 3

no :)

Week 2

I do want to incorporate video games in some way but I don't know how yet.

Week 1

no :)

Weel 6: Provotype

i just need to figure out what to make!!!!

References

Week 5

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Week 3

Week 2

I already knew about this, but the anime Serial Experiments Lain really goes into what I was researching

Against The Dark Forest. This quote was interesting "And further, that dark forest spaces grow “because they provide psychological and reputational cover. They allow us to be ourselves because we know who else is there.”

This is just general but I really get inspired by ASCII art. I created some for my thesis pamphlet and I'd like to continue creating ASCII art for my thesis or seeing what can stem from it.

Week 1

Im submitting this late, but I will add on for the later weeks.

Weel 6: Provotype

The Presentation of Self in the Age of Social Media: Distinguishing Performances and Exhibitions Online, Bernie Hogan