“Human Face” is a book about a young adult’s life or at least the part she decided to share on social media and publicly present herself with. Each page of the book represents a personal photo. Still, a computer vision algorithm has turned it into a typographic composition that scans the images and detects their content.
Metaphor used:
The image-to-text process replaces the overabundance of images of the original medium with the paradoxical absence of visual clues. The words, decontextualized and randomly scattered on the page, take the form of a concrete poem developed through an “uncreative” literary experiment.
Intended Meaning:
The source of the data relates to the concept of digital identity and its relationship with the ego. The process is connected to employing algorithmic processes as new tools for creative/uncreative expression of our digitally mediated lives. Lastly, the medium refers to literary experimentalism and takes inspiration from "uncreative writing" practices.
Source:
Personal photos I shared on Instagram during the last 5 years.
