RESEARCH : Blogs/ PostSecret

Blogs is a new form of voyeurism that has been brought to us by the internet. Some blogs such as Belle De Jour attract thousands of readers, each eager to find out what is hapening in the life of a total stranger.

Many normal people document every little detail of their day-to-day lives for us all to read, and we do!

One blog which stands out amongst the others that I have read is PostSecret. This blog catalogues postcards sent to the author, each containing the secrets of the anonymous sender.

This site toys with both voyeurism and exhibitionism. On one hand the viewers visit the site to see the secrets of others [maybe to see if anyone shares the same secrets as they do?] whilst others activly share their secrets in an exhibitionist manner [albeit anonymously].

The concept really appeals to me I think this is because it allows people to observe but also to contribute content for other people to observe. This is a concept that I may experiment with in my own project.