gretchen
Hacks systems of power with art, code, and glitter
CHAPTER 2
FACETUNING
When applied digitally face tuning is seamless, invisible.
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There is a whole cottage industry dedicated to trying to determine when and how much photos of celebritities and on dating profiles have been facetuned.
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What I do is use custom robotics to ask the question, "What happens when this digital process collides with physical matter?"
"What happens when this digital process becomes physical?"
What we get is a mess.
What we get is scars.
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The result is two portraits in one.
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The result is a portrait of tension between who you are and who the algorithms say you should be.
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The result is an on canvas battle with A.I. and algorithm.
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A process meant to make use more beautiful defaces us.