November 4, 2017
“BORN MODERN”
By 72U
43 muscles, 14 bones, 32 teeth, thousands of unique expressions. The human faces are key to identity—but is our face revealing more than we want it to? —72U
As passwords give way to face prints and facial recognition works its way into our lives you no longer have to be arrested and fingerprinted to be in “the system.” Should we be concerned? 72U—describing its mission as exploration of the crossroads of art, culture, and technology—conceived of the Born Modern project in 2014 as a means of fostering a public conversation about the technology and examining its impact on society. Led by John Carr, 72U resident artist / designer, the team installed two murals—this one on Cahuenga near Sunset in Hollywood addresses the implications of the digital world on the lives of our children, while a second nearby mural takes an abstract look at the planes of the face as seen by technology. @72U @artdrivescarr/












