Presented at
30C3 (2013),
Dec. 29, 2013, midnight
(30 minutes)
The facial hacking research presented in this lecture/ performance exploits a well known vulnerability of the human nervous system that it can be easily accessed and controlled by electrodes mounted on the bodies exterior. External digital facial control allows for an unprecedented exploration of human facial expressiveness and has unveiled an unknown expressive potential of the human facial hardware.
Perfect Paul is a sequel to my (in)famous Huge Harry lecture/ performance in which a digital persona lectures on computer to human communication. This new lecture/ performance, in a highly condensed fashion, will present the results of my recently completed doctoral artistic research entitled: “Facial Hacking: The Twisted Logic of Electro-Facial Choreography.” Perfect Paul will demonstrate in a live computer versus human showdown the superior qualities of digital versus neural facial control. Perfect Paul, when performed for the first time in Bilbao, Spain won the Technarte 2012 Best Speaker Award.
- Perfect Paul: http://artifacial.org/perfect_paul
- Transcript: http://artifacial.org/perfect_paul_transcript
- Website: http://artifacial.org
- Vimeo channel: http://vimeo.com/artelse
Presenters:
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Arthur Elsenaar (1962) is a performance artist, former radio pirate and facial hacker from the Netherlands. Elsenaar is fascinated by the intimate relationship of electricity and the human body and is the originator of electro-facial choreography.
Arthur Elsenaar (1962) is a performance artist, former radio pirate and facial hacker from the Netherlands. Elsenaar is fascinated by the intimate relationship of electricity and the human body and is the originator of electro-facial choreography.
Elsenaar has recently been awarded a Ph.D. from Nottingham Trent University in the UK on his pioneering artistic research on the expressive potential of the computer-controlled human face. His research presents a radical new view of human facial expression as a site for electro-facial choreography.
His award winning work has been shown throughout Europe and the United States of America and has been acquired by the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Since 2010 he is lecturing at the ArtScience Interfaculty of the Royal Conservatoire and Royal Academy of the Arts in the Hague, The Netherlands.
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