Recognition

On view Nov. 7–16

New American Public Art | York, Maine

Recognition is a new adaptation of Your Big Face, an interactive projection installation re-imagined for Canal Convergence’s SHOWTIME. Using a live camera feed, participants' faces are projected onto the canvas of a giant polygonal 3D face. The work explores and questions the digital representation of self, and the narcissistic and voyeuristic qualities of modern culture. It is also just really fun.    

 

This unique evolution of the work leverages the controversial and emerging technology of facial tracking. Participants need only be in the view of the camera, and the face tracking will automatically choose someone, lock on, and use their face for the Big Face. Today, more than ever before, we are all forced to perform for each other through digital tools and wear digital masks. It is increasingly common that these masks do not ask permission. Our social lives are digital performances, and our choice to opt out of this theater decreases every day.

 

Presented in partnership with Wonderspaces. 

About New American Public Art 

New American Public Art (NAPA) is a design-and-build firm at the intersection of public art, architecture, and technology. Based in the quiet hills of York, Maine, NAPA develops responsive and interactive installations that investigate the nature of social space in public, private and online. NAPA takes pride in being a studio of makers, born from the great maker spaces of the world. Leveraging a multidisciplinary skill set and knowledge base including engineers, sociologists, architects, and technologists, they design projects for the real-world challenges of public space and large events hands-on from concept to completion.

Instagram: @newamericanpublicart
X: @NewPublicArt