Self Portrait
2024, Pleather, plastic, polyester, wood, steel, projector, and computer. 92 x 39.3 x 33in.
Photo Credit: Virginia Harold
This participatory new media sculpture is a seven-foot-tall undulating upholstered white pillar with legs, with a swelling rear-projection screen housed in its undulating lumps. This projection, hooked up to a webcam and computer, comes ‘alive’ when the viewer approaches it. Within the glitchy, fuzzy screen resides a moving, lumpy face, which reacts and mirrors facial expressions of the viewer. The face is created using animation software alongside a deepfaking technique.
