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May I take your portrait?


Untitled Portraits from Survey #1 is a visualization of volunteers' responses to a survey comprised of questions of the type that regularly appear on marketing surveys, product registrations, sweepstakes entries, and the like. The data collected from these surveys is compiled into a two dimensional barcode symbol resulting in a glyph representing each respondent as projected from their responses. 


Like silhouettes each glyph is as unique as the person it represents. And though anonymous and incorporeal, the portraits are also revealing and substantive. Anonymity is really nameless identity. And so these glyphs are not just symbolic but are true portraits of nascent hybrid beings.

 

This is an interactive artwork that becomes more interesting as more people participate. I encourage you to join by completing a survey. It only takes  a few minutes. 

 

Of course, Because these are collected anonymously there is not a way to send back individual portraits. However the portraits will all be posted in the gallery. And take an extra moment to add a comment. I will share them as well.

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Untitled Portraits from Survey Number One :: an Ongoing Project about Identity in the Wired World

The wireless evolution of cyber networks has brought about the intercalation of virtual space into the physical realm creating a hyperconnected hybridized environment. This allows information harvested from myriad sources like retailer 'club cards,' employment records, and cable television viewer logs to be integrated and coupled with location aware devices and services providing ample information to identify one individually, demographically, and geographically.

The series of Untitled Portraits from Survey Number One is constructed from data gathered from anonymous volunteers who have responded to a online survey about media consumption. This short survey is comprised of questions in the vein of those regularly posed on marketing surveys, product registrations, sweepstakes entries, and the like. Each set of data collected through these surveys is encoded into a two dimensional barcode symbol designed for this project resulting in a glyph graphically representing each person's responses.

 

Like silhouettes each glyph is as unique as the person it represents. And though anonymous and incorporeal, the portraits are also revealing and substantive. Anonymity is really nameless identity. And so these glyphs are not just symbolic but are true portraits of nascent hybrid beings.