Heather Dewey-Hagborg
American forensic artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Heather Dewey-Hagborg (born June 4, 1982, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an information artist and bio-hacker.[1] She is best known for her project Stranger Visions, a series of portraits created from DNA she recovered from discarded items, such as hair, cigarettes and chewing gum while living in Brooklyn, New York.[2] From the extracted DNA, she determined gender, ethnicity and other factors and then used face-generating software and a 3D printer to create a speculative, algorithmically determined 3D portrait. While critical of technology and surveillance, her work has also been noted as provocative in its lack of legal precedent.[3][4]
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Heather Dewey-Hagborg | |
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Born | (1982-06-04) June 4, 1982 (age 42) |
Alma mater | Bennington College, New York University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
Occupation | Information artist |
Notable work | Stranger Visions |
Website | http://deweyhagborg.com |
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