DocumentCode :
652036
Title :
The Performative Face: Digital Masks and the Disembedding of the Aesthetics of Identity
Author :
Swale, A. ; Tebbutt, Daniel ; Castle, Sean
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Arts, Univ. of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
fYear :
2013
fDate :
16-18 Sept. 2013
Firstpage :
171
Lastpage :
172
Abstract :
Performativity has emerged as a term with special significance in relation to two areas that hitherto have remained relatively discrete, - discourses of identity and gender (c.f. Judith Butler´s Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, 1990) and, by contrast, the possibilities of creative participation in the generation of real time effects in relation to screen images (c.f. Chris Salter´s extended coverage of this field in Entangled: Real time Sound, Performativity and Embodied Machines, 2009). This paper reflects on a project which brings the two together by focusing on what might be described as the primeval drive for facial embellishment. Using facial recognition technology and an interactive Wacom tablet, participants are empowered to move between several templates based on traditional cultural practices of Europe, Japan and Oceania, - or they may choose to use this inspiration to articulate their own facial iconography for the contemporary world.
Keywords :
cultural aspects; face recognition; interactive devices; notebook computers; Europe; Japan; Oceania; cultural practices; digital masks; facial embellishment; facial iconography; facial recognition technology; gender discourses; identity aesthetics disembedding; identity discourses; interactive Wacom tablet; performative face; performativity; real-time effect generation; screen images; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Face; Face recognition; Media; Motion pictures; Real-time systems; aesthetics; facial recognition; identity; masks; performativity;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Culture and Computing (Culture Computing), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CultureComputing.2013.51
Filename :
6680364
Link To Document :
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