MEMORY

ABOUT

‘Memory’ is an interactive installation and consists of merely a tablet equipped with a camera, custom software and a wooden frame. Programmed to recognise human faces, the installation saves the faces of its spectators and then superimposes them endlessly. The displayed result is an ‘average’ face, calculated from all the faces it has seen and thereby a visualisation of the history of all the people that stood still to take a look at it.

CREATOR

The maker and creator of the project is Korean studio SSBKYH, consisting of Shin Seung Back and Kim Yong Hun. Their collaborative practice explores social and cultural impacts of technology.

RULES / RESTRICTIONS

There is only one interactive portrait which captures the results, but everyone is allowed to participate. The only requirement is to look at it with your face. In order to be able to create the ‘average’ face, the ideal approach would be to let people participate only once; however, it is unclear if this is an official rule for the project.

COMMENTS

Intriguing and funny; but I would like to know in which countries the portrait has been exhibited. It would be interesting to understand which regions are responsible for creating the ‘average’ face. What if every continent had its own ‘Memory’ portrait?