Anthroptic is a hand-made artist book that contains 8 folios pairing one image with one “chapter” of the story. The images were taken from Ham’s online project
“Self-Portraits” in which he trained a facial recognition program to his face before unleashing it onto the internet photo service Flickr. While searching the millions of photos on Flickr for its creator, the computer program sometimes made mistakes, identifying inanimate objects as the artist. These mistake images became the starting point for Rosenbaum’s short short story that can be read in any order.
Materials: Anthroptic is an archival book created with archival book board, 100% Somerset cotton rag paper, ph neutral glue. + Critical essay by Michael Bettencourt + Artist interview + Introduction to Archival Materials by Eleanor Hanson Wise
It is an edition of 80
Ethan Ham is an artist living in New York. His work often uses new media (computers and/or the internet) as well as mechanical and sculptural elements. He is particularly interested in generative and emergent art. His recent projects include commissions from Rhizome.org (the New Museum of Contemporary Art) and Turbulence.org. Ethan is Assistant Professor of New Media at City College, CUNY. Project sites: www.turbulence.org/Works/self-portrait www.emailerosion.org www.drunkenboat.com/db8/panlitvideo/ham/ Personal site: www.ethanham.com Reviews and critiques: New England Journal of Aesthetic Research blog Missing Links (news.com column) .
Benjamin Rosenbaum is a writer living in Northern Virginia. His works have appeared in Asimov’s, F&SF, Harper’s, McSweeney’s, Strange Horizons, Infinite Matrix, and other fine venues. Benjamin’s stories have been nominated for both the Hugo and Nebula awards and has been included on a number of recommended & “best of” lists. Other Cities short, short story collection: Strange Horizons Personal site: www.benjaminrosenbaum.com complete bibliography
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