Online Profile of and Irish Male, Animated video, Duration 2:15
Front Profile of an Irish Male, Silver Gelatine Print, 203 x 254 mm
Profile of an Irish Male, 2017
In his essay 'Visual Regimes of Colonialism' Terry Smith breaks down the process of colonization into three steps, Calibration, Obliteration and Symbolization/ Aestheticization. This work examines the relationship of colonial calibration of indigenous peoples through theories of physiognomy and the collection of data by online corporations and social media sites. Asking which is more intrusive.