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Facial Recognition gathers a group of artists with unique approaches to portraiture, all working in a moment in history when AI and facial recognition algorithms are inescapable. Taken together, these artists–Pixy Liao, Helina Metaferia, Kambui Olujimi, Azita Moradkhani, Russell Craig, Lau Wai and LuYang–spark a conversation about a shift in depictions of the human face, given the ubiquity of this new technology that insinuates itself into our everyday lives.
AFR–or Automatic Facial Recognition technology–is both invisible and intrusive; from iPhones to TSA, from convenience to surveillance, we take its benefits along with its dangers. Two artists–LuYang and Lau Wai–have mastered facial capture technology only to scrutinize its impact on our understanding of identity and existence. LuYang’s Delusional Mandala is a classic first-look at the way motion capture frees the artist to reinterpret immortality while Lau Wai’s most re…
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Facial Recognition gathers a group of artists with unique approaches to portraiture, all working in a moment in history when AI and facial recognition algorithms are inescapable. Taken together, these artists–Pixy Liao, Helina Metaferia, Kambui Olujimi, Azita Moradkhani, Russell Craig, Lau Wai and LuYang–spark a conversation about a shift in depictions of the human face, given the ubiquity of this new technology that insinuates itself into our everyday lives.
AFR–or Automatic Facial Recognition technology–is both invisible and intrusive; from iPhones to TSA, from convenience to surveillance, we take its benefits along with its dangers. Two artists–LuYang and Lau Wai–have mastered facial capture technology only to scrutinize its impact on our understanding of identity and existence. LuYang’s Delusional Mandala is a classic first-look at the way motion capture frees the artist to reinterpret immortality while Lau Wai’s most re…
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