A new exhibition in Columbus, Ohio lets people display their face on a large 3D sculpture.
The exhibition, called ‘As We Are,’ asks all viewers to ‘contemplate portraits of people from different ethnicities and gender identities.’
To see their face represented on the 14-foot (4.3 meter) tall sculpture, visitors enter a photo booth at the back of the sculpture’s neck and have their photo taken by 29 cameras.
The exhibition, by Matthew Mohr Studios , is on display in the Columbus Convention Center Atrium in Columbus, Ohio and is expected to run for seven to ten years. During the day, the sculpture faces into the atrium, but at night it rotates to face outward towards the street
The exhibition, by Matthew Mohr Studios, is on display in the Columbus Convention Center Atrium in Columbus, Ohio and is expected to run for seven to ten years.
During the day, the sculpture faces into the atrium, but at night it rotates to face outward towards the street.
THE 14-FOOT SELFIE SCULPTURE
A new exhibition in Columbus, Ohio lets people display their selfies on a large 3D sculpture.
To see their face represented on the 14-foot (4.3 meter) tall sculpture, visitors enter a photo booth at the back of the sculpture’s neck and have their photo taken by 29 cameras.
The exhibition, by Matthew Mohr Studios, is on display in the Columbus Convention Center Atrium in Columbus, Ohio and is expected to run for seven to ten years.
During the day, the sculpture faces into the atrium, but at night it rotates to face outward towards the street.
To see their face represented on the 14-foot (4.3 meter) tall sculpture, visitors enter a photo booth at the back of the sculpture’s neck and have their photo taken by 29 cameras
Once a visitor steps into the photo booth, 29 cameras take simultaneous pictures of the visitor’s face and a 3D model of their face is made, generated by stitching together all the photos.
The eyes and length of the nose of each visitor are manipulated slightly to fit the sculpture, a commentary on the use of photo editing software in the hands of the general public.
The sculpture has 3,000 custom engineered LED panel ‘ribbons’ with 850,000 individual LED lights, designed to accommodate the tightest radius of the sculpture: the bridge of the nose.
Once a visitor steps into the photo booth, 29 cameras take simultaneous pictures of the visitor’s face and a 3D model of their face is made, generated by stitching together all the photos
The exhibition is ‘designed to achieve an imposing stature similar to traditional public monuments,’ the exhibition description says.
‘It utilizes a power dynamic usually reserved for notable, heroic, governing figures and instead allows every participant to experience a modern representation of acknowledgment. ‘
The exhibition is ‘designed to achieve an imposing stature similar to traditional public monuments,’ the exhibition description says
Once a visitor steps into the photo booth, 29 cameras take simultaneous pictures of the visitor’s face and a 3D model of their face is made, generated by stitching together all the photos.
The eyes and length of the nose of each visitor are manipulated slightly to fit the sculpture, a commentary on the use of photo editing software in the hands of the general public.
The eyes and length of the nose of each visitor are manipulated slightly to fit the sculpture, a commentary on the use of photo editing software in the hands of the general public
The exhibition ‘utilizes a power dynamic usually reserved for notable, heroic, governing figures and instead allows every participant to experience a modern representation of acknowledgment,’ the exhibition description says
‘Whether aspiring to an ideal or toying with identity, the democratic means to change appearance brings into play the fluid nature of identity,’ the exhibition description says.
The sculpture has 3,000 custom engineered LED panel ‘ribbons’ with 850,000 individual LED lights, designed to accommodate the tightest radius of the sculpture: the bridge of the nose.
The sculpture has 3,000 custom engineered LED panel ‘ribbons’ with 850,000 individual LED lights, designed to accommodate the tightest radius of the sculpture: the bridge of the nose
Once a visitor steps into the photo booth, 29 cameras take simultaneous pictures of the visitor’s face and a 3D model of their face is made, generated by stitching together all the photos
According to Matthew Mohr Studios, the exhibition ‘focuses on the now commonplace act of documenting one’s existence in an effort to connect with others’
Matthew Mohr (pictured), the creator of the exhibition
It can store 100,000 portraits on-site and all images are stored in the cloud indefinitely.
According to Matthew Mohr Studios, the exhibition ‘focuses on the now commonplace act of documenting one’s existence in an effort to connect with others. ‘
‘What I did not expect was the exceptional amount of time people would spend gazing at the ever-changing parade of faces,’ Mohr wrote.
‘Visitor seem content just to stand and watch.
‘Thousands of years of portraiture, can’t be wrong.’
‘What I did not expect was the exceptional amount of time people would spend gazing at the ever-changing parade of faces,’ Matthew More, the creator of the exhibition, wrote. Pictured are Instagram posts of people taking photos of their faces displayed on the sculpture