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Sharing Faces by Kyle McDonnald:
- McDonnald has developed a software that is able to match the face locations of a person looking at a surveillance camera with the images of previously photographed people.
- This project provides users with a new way of seeing themselves by seeing another person mirroring their actions. I feel like it gives a sense of unity between humankind and a judge less technology that ignores ethnicity, age, or general appearance and only pays attention to the location of a person and their action.
- Although this software was difficult for the artist to develop fully to his vision of it, the idea is quite simple. I like its later application of matching face locations to multiple people instead of just one, this heightens the themes mentioned in the previous bullet. Sharing Faces has been debugged in quality and is continuing to enlarge the library of peoples’ images it has. It’s reach is global. http://
The Abyss Table by Christopher Duffy
- This is a super cool coffee table made by Christopher Duffy of a geological cross section of the ocean. Its made of sheets of glass and wood cut to specific shapes.
- This project inspires me with its astonishing use of color, existing organic environments, and composition. It feels like youre going to the depths of the ocean yet still looks technical and map-like. Essentially I believe it has good harmony.
- I wish this wasn’t just a coffee table only rich people could buy. Its only a decorative piece so I wish it had a better application in terms of concept.
- This project was from the beginning meant to be furniture. The artist responsible has impressed many rich people and the potential for this piece seems to just be reproduction for now.
Naomi Kizhners’s Parasitic Powered Jewelry
- Naomi Kizhner has created invasive jewelry with the purpose of harvesting energy from our bodies’ natural functions. She developed a three piece jewelry set that attaches to the body with pincers stings and uses the wearer as a human battery.
- This is some futurism sci fi cool work. It creates a narrative of a time when energy sources will be found in unconventional places. These parasites are beautifully designed and scary purposeful.
- This product is strongly conceptual, it has no practical or desirable use for people of the present. This was a critique I saw from people commenting on the blog post this work was featured in and though I understand this point of view I think what this project says about how the future could be is very captivating and the main purpose.
