Clément Lambelet, 2016
Adam and Eve, 2016
Created by Clément Lambelet in 2016. The artworks are wooden light boxes (white) with plexiglass and duratrans, both displayed at 200 x 105 cm.
Developments in image recognition systems are leading to more and more automated forms of surveillance and personal identification – but how reliable are these new systems? Clément Lambelet looks for the loopholes in this rapidly developing algorithmic ecosystem. The central piece of the Collateral Visions series is a variation on an engraving of the Biblical figures Adam and Eve made in 1504 by the German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer. Dürer was convinced that the ideal proportions of the human body could be captured in mathematical formulas. For his own interpretation, Lambelet used the kind of body scanner used by airport security. Through his works, Lambelet questions the reduction of human bodies to mere numbers, by showing that algorithms can be functionally biased.
© Clément Lambelet, courtesy of the Foam Collection
