La Machine de Lombroso

http://www.bartproject.com La Machine de Lombroso is inspired by the works of nineteenth century criminologists and anthropologists, such as Cesare Lombroso and Havelock Ellis, who thought it possible to detect misconduct by analyzing the physical characteristics of criminals. Our society, confronted with the challenge of terrorism and criminality, tries to defend itself using increasingly sophisticated software and data bases. It is not improbable that the works of Lombroso and Ellis will be one day put again into practice, by crossing them with new techniques of anthropometry. While waiting for this technological progress, the Machine of Lombroso is already able "to detect" the character (good, malicious, altruistic, egotistic...) that hides behind a face. The observers are filmed and their image is shown on a LCD screen in real time. As soon as a witness approaches the screen, their face disappears gradually and transforms into a superimposed silhouette that tracks them, as a shadow. This unreal image indicates the character of the person. The installation is thus a surrealist, playful and dynamic composition. La Machine de Lombroso was exposed during the 4th Nuit Blanche in the Town hall of the 4th district in Paris, within the context of the exposition "L'envers de la vidéo surveillance", organized by Méta Zone.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• art
• interactivity
• nuit
• blanche
• Paris
• surveillance
• sensors
• reactivity
• identity
• smart
• device
• eyesweb
• criminal
• programming

[krlosv3ra]

UNA ESTUPIDEZ MÁS

[anareyor]

¡¡¡Qué atrevida es la ignorancia!!!

Ya están superadas las teorías del positivismo, hoy se habla de ADN, pero eso es otra cosa....

[caroleturcato]

I hope they never put this into practice !!! Theory is highly outdated, and it has nothing to do with technology... A criminal is determined by circumstances and the law not facial features !!!!