Vaneeesa Blaylock

INSIDE MARK ZUCKERBERG’S GLOBAL BRAIN, 4 April — Meet Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, Vaneeesa Blaylock, and last, but certainly not least, Vaneeesa Blaylock. In almost 3 years, 2 years and 11 months to be precise, 1,068 days to be more precise, since joining Facebook on 2 May 2009, Ms. Blaylock has used a total of 14 different Facebook “profile pix” or “icons” or “avatars.” The shortest was used for a single day, the longest for 501 days. Careful identity crafting? Online laziness? Each of our identity parades tells us something, but what they tell us can be elusive. Until recently only the purview of home scrapbooks and the back of “photo drawers,” today the identity parade on Facebook and elsewhere has become a public spectacle.

My new Facebook friend the fabulous Sanoera Bakhtali of Rotterdam “liked” my FB “Profile Picture” “Album” yesterday, and of course my close, personal friend M. Zuckerberg was nice enough to bring that fact to my email attention. In a simple Pavlovian exercise I, of course, proceeded to “The Site” to review my “identity parade” and marvel at the journey. Is it a “journey?” Who’s to say! Since I wrote just a few days ago about all the Vanessa Blaylocks on Facebook, it seems appropriate enough to look at all the Vaneeesa Blaylock on Facebook now.

My Facebook profile pix on 2 May 09, used for 58 days
My Facebook profile pix on 29 June 09, used for 6 days
My Facebook profile pix on 5 July 09, used for 501 days
My Facebook profile pix on 21 November 10, used for 14 days
My Facebook profile pix on 5 December 10, used for 123 days
My Facebook profile pix on 7 April 11, used for 21 days
My Facebook profile pix on 28 April 11, used for 1 day
My Facebook profile pix on 29 April 11, used for 7 days
My Facebook profile pix on 6 May 11, used for 198 days
My Facebook profile pix on 20 November 11, used for 7 days
My Facebook profile pix on 27 November 11, used for 21 days
My Facebook profile pix on 18 December 11, used for 52 days
My Facebook profile pix on 8 February 12, used for 37 days
My Facebook profile pix on 16 March 12, used for 19 days and counting...

 
 
 
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My 8 February 2012 Facebook Profile Photo and Timeline Cover Photo
I already forget when Facebook Timeline Cover Photos came in, but here’s the 8 Feb / 37-Day Profile Pix with its Cover Photo.
Image of Vaneeesa Blaylock's Facebook Profile Photo and Timeline Cover Photo
I just changed out the 16 March 12 pix after 78 days.
My new Profile Pix and Timeline Cover photo on Facebook
1 June – 31 July 2012 — 61 days.
Screen Cap of Vaneeesa Blaylock's Facebook profile photo & Timeline cover
31 July 2012 – ? — 1 day and counting…
As a virtual public artist my work invites avatar communities to express their identity, explore their culture, and demand their civil rights.

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