Laptop, webcam, software. 2019
An electronic way to say, “I want to be private today and not appear in your social media photos.”
Privacy Machine is a working proof of concept: stand in front of the screen and take the badge or the scarf. Both have a special pattern on it. As long as this pattern is recognized by the camera, the software will pixelate your face. It‘s an unrealistic wish because manufacturers would have to integrate this software into their smartphones as a default.
Biography:
Timm Burkhardt (DE) is an artist and lecturer working at the intersection between technology and art. He builds participatory installations which encourage voluntary or unknowing actions from users. Since 2015 he has lectured on electronics to artists and designers at Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany.
