#SheungYiu’s video essay 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 investigates how synthetic faces replace the real and transform identities, tracing the cyclical evolution from #facialrecognition to synthetic facial data through #uncanny visuals of digital doubles traversing vast abstract landscapes.

The full video essay will be screened on 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 at the #BecomingImage: 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒖𝒎 in Kino Šiška, followed by a talk with the author! 🪞✳️

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/screenings/its-a-face-eat-face-world/

#BecomingImage 🟩 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 #𝟮
31 March | 7h30–9 PM | Kino Šiška
❕𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲, 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱!

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/

✦ SCREENING + ARTIST TALK | 𝐼𝑡’𝑠 𝑎 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒-𝑒𝑎𝑡-𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑
This presentation introduces a video essay by #SheungYiu tracing the shift from facial recognition to synthetic facial data.

✦ ARTIST TALK | 𝑉𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠
#FelicityHammond presents a research project exploring links between geological mining and data mining.

✳️ For the 𝗡𝗢𝗗𝗘#𝟮 of #BecomingImage we’re excited to welcome artists and researchers working at the intersection of #images, #technology and #visualculture.

✦ #AlanWarburton — CGI, AI & visual culture.
✦ #MarcoDeMutiis — algorithmic image research.
✦ #MartynaMarciniak — power & image infrastructures.
✦ #SheungYiu — photography, data & facial recognition.
✦ #FelicityHammond — extraction & digital infrastructures.

> https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/

As part of 𝙩&𝙥#17, we invite you to ✳️ 𝑺𝙮𝒎𝙥𝒐𝙨𝒊𝙪𝒎: 𝘽𝒆𝙘𝒐𝙢𝒊𝙣𝒈 𝑰𝙢𝒂𝙜𝒆 ❇️

𝑺𝙮𝒎𝙥𝒐𝙨𝒊𝙪𝒎, a one-day event with a series of talks, video essays, and inputs by invited artists and researchers, explores the relations between computational images and their effects on the world outside of the screen.

* > https://aksioma.org/becomingimage/symposium/ < *

💚 𝟯𝟭 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟱–𝟵 𝗣𝗠 | 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗼 𝗦̌𝗶𝘀̌𝗸𝗮, #Ljubljana

❕ Featuring contributions by #AlanWarburton, #MarcoDeMutiis, #SheungYiu, #MartynaMarciniak, and #FelicityHammond