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Spirit is a bone
- Title
- Spirit is a bone / Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin.
- Author
- Broomberg, Adam
- Publication
- [London] : MACK, [2015]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQD 16-333 | Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 238 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The series of portraits in this book, which include Pussy Riot member Yekaterina Samutsevic and many other Moscow citizens, were created by a machine: a facial recognition system recently developed in Moscow for public security and border control surveillance. The result is more akin to a digital life mask than a photograph; a three-dimensional facsimile of the face that can be easily rotated and closely scrutinised. What is significant about this camera is that it is designed to make portraits without the co-operation of the subject; four lenses operating in tandem to generate a full frontal image of the face, ostensibly looking directly into the camera, even if the subject himself is unaware of being photographed. The system was designed for facial recognition purposes in crowded areas such as subway stations, railroad stations, stadiums, concert halls or other public areas but also for photographing people who would normally resist being photographed. Indeed any subject encountering this type of camera is rendered passive, because no matter which direction he or she looks, the face is always rendered looking forward and stripped bare of shadows, make-up, disguises or even poise.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes interview with the artists, conducted by Eyal Weizman.
- Language (note)
- Main text in English with captions in German, English, French and Russian.
- Call Number
- JQD 16-333
- ISBN
- 9781910164181
- 1910164186
- LCCN
- 2015514850
- OCLC
- 933438300
- Author
- Broomberg, Adam, artist.
- Title
- Spirit is a bone / Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin.
- Publisher
- [London] : MACK, [2015]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- still imagetext
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- Main text in English with captions in German, English, French and Russian.
- Added Author
- Chanarin, Oliver, artist.Weizman, Eyal, interviewer.MACK (Publishing firm)
- Research Call Number
- JQD 16-333