#conceptideas

- the loss of self identity through our separation to our natural environment, and therefore our innate selves

- a lack of self awareness we feel due to desperately trying to patch up the emptiness and confusion we feel in life and inside due to being out of touch with ourselves. (through society, natural environment and empathy, hindering our sense of community and oneness with each other)

- what we see visually is heavily conditioned, e.g by technology and what we are taught about seeing. we already have preconceived notions on what things are and therefore we see the thought and not the actual object

- exploring the concept of technology and the digital person that is built up about us. how technology is beginning to know us better than we know ourselves, how it builds a digital makeup, a whole digital version of who we are

- during a time of such intense separateness, the government is encouraging individuals to report their neighbours if they don’t follow the new rule of 6 (a project on creating some kind of togetherness in a time of complete separateness)

biometric facial recognition database systems

Biometrics is nothing more than a form of bioinformatics that applies biological properties in the identification of individuals. facial recognition is a subset of the broader science of Biometrics. A biometric system is effectively a pattern recognition system that operates by acquiring biometric data from an individual, and extracts a feature set from the acquired data for comparison purposes. the information needed for recognition is acquired by a sensor, and is converted into a digital format

the term biometrics is derived from the Greek words “bio” meaning life and “metrics” implying to measure. fingerprints were discovered to be exclusive on individuals, based on the patterns and ridges found on fingers. today, biometric identification includes 21st century computerised DNA, ear, gait, hand geometry, hand vein, iris, keystroke, odour, retina, signature, and speech recognition processes, as well as FRDBS (facial recognition database systems)

the data processing and analysis was disseminated into several discrete phases. first, the face is scanned in three dimensions, producing a shroud of data points corresponding to the facial surface. this pseudo-image is then “cropped, smoothed and subsampled”. the next steps involve a feature detector that isolates a few critical standard points for comparison. these points then result in a computed geodesic mask. finally, the facial surface undergoes a canonisation utilising a multidimensional scaling. an algorithm of a subject’s template is stored in the database 

these softwares create portraits of humans faces that can only be read or understood by the computer. a digital depiction of the visual identity of an individual, made for and read by computers

the science of biometric facial recognition systems become more reliable and less detectable. it is seeking a balance between an individual’s right to privacy, against that same individual’s right to safety. as biometric identification processes become a larger part of everyday life, clearly social concerns, legal issues, and ethical considerations will rise to the forefront of contemporary debates

https://eforensicsmag.com/biometric-facial-recognition-database-systems/

fabian albertini 

controlled lives

graphically interesting techniques used to manipulate imagery, visually representing the biometric, facial recognition and surveillance techniques used on the every individual. the numbers are an interesting concept, could almost use this idea to represent individuals as technological counterparts rather than humans? find some way of using computerised numerical within the portraits or images, similar to the overlays of my video? I could then take this and record moving images as well

image 01 - Paris. self-portrait with graphic simulation, of the points of the face that are read by the Biometric system

image 02 - Seul. portrait with overlapping binary code of facial biometry

image 03 - Yokohama. portrait representing the loss of identity, or protection from the system

image 04 - Marrakesh. simulation of the points system that the Chinese government will implement shortly, perhaps only with Burka will we be immune?

marcus deSieno