Be a part of this exciting project this Saturday at 2:00 p.m., headed by recent media MFA graduate Leo Selvaggio held at 916 S. Wabash Ave 2nd Floor in Chicago.

As covered by the Washington Post and CNET, URME Surveillance is a new media project that protects the public from facial recognition technology by allowing them to wear a prosthetic of artist Leo Selvaggio’s face, thus presenting an alternative identity to surveillance cameras.

This workshop will begin with an active discussion about surveillance and its intersection with themes of identity, prejudice, and power. Participants will then be invited to make paper masks of themselves or the artist’s face to be worn afterwards in a walk to Crown Fountain lead by Selvaggio. All activities are challenge-by-choice. There will be video documentation of this workshop.

Links:
Facebook Event
URME Surveillance
Leo Selvaggio
News: Hyperallergic Article