"Self-Portrait" by Ethan Ham

Self-Portrait is a software search for the artist's face among the millions contained in the photos uploaded to Flickr.

The project's site displays three photos:

-- 1) an ever-changing photo that depicts what is currently being evaluated by "Self-Portrait's" facial recognition software;

-- 2) the most recent photo that was identified as containing a face.

"Self-Portrait" is a 2006 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turblulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.

[via networked performance]

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