Public identity can be defined as the perceived character and outward personality that the public believes to be true about a person. Private identity refers to a person’s actual character; who they truly are when their perceived, outward personality is absent.
Kant’s theory of spontaneity, states that ones public and private identity are not a result of ones conscious decision to be “different” according to their surroundings it is a result of a basic reflex brought about that particular persons thinking, memories, surroundings etc. Elmgreen and Dragset are two individual who challenge the expected “norm” of public/private identity through their life style as a gay couple. Their lives challenge others to consider their opinion about their
Kant’s theory of spontaneity, states that ones public and private identity are not a result of ones conscious decision to be “different” according to their surroundings it is a result of a basic reflex brought about that particular persons thinking, memories, surroundings etc. Elmgreen and Dragset are two individual who challenge the expected “norm” of public/private identity through their life style as a gay couple. Their lives challenge others to consider their opinion about their