human-intoface.net

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Troy Bennett
2002
Description

Standard images of faces hold little ability to communicate the totality of a personality; the essence of a personality is not something that is stored in a static, two-dimensional array of dots, grains, or pixels. Rather, what is stored are subtle cues which signify particular personality traits, such as a curl of a lip, squint of an eye, or pursing of the lips. These types of characteristics can be used to convey information about a person when considered in a series or in combinations, but ultimately, they amount only to a caricature. In human-intoface.net, I attempt to capture and manipulate images of faces in real-time, such that viewers can see through or beyond the illusion of totality in visual representation.

Rhizome staff
2021

Standard images of faces hold little ability to communicate the totality of a personality. The "essence" of a personality is not something that is stored in a static two-dimensional array of dots, grains, or pixels. Rather, what is stored are subtle cues which signify particular personality traits, such as a curl of a lip, squint of an eye, or pursing of the lips. These types of characteristics can be used to convey information about a person when considered in a series or in combinations, or can be used to suggest a complexity of description, but they ultimately, amount only to a caricature.
In human-intoface.net, I attempt to capture and manipulate images of faces in real-time, such that viewers can see through or beyond the illusion of totality in visual representation.

Troy Bennett
20 November 2002
Legacy descriptive tags
Nancy Burson, Lucas Samaras, Andy Wharhol, Chuck Close
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Participatory, Generative, Database, Conceptual, posthuman, interface, interact, identity, digital, body, archive, Javascript, HTML, Flash, DHTML, Visual, performance
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outside link
2002
Troy Bennett
static files
20 November 2002
cloning
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