Visual reference research

I spent an entire day researching different ways to create the visual statement of my project, the list of all the racial slur. I thought about projecting it on the face. So I just googled how to project text on your face. And I found an amazing video called Omote created by Nobumichi Asai. (https://www.nobumichiasai.com/works/131/)

He used facial mapping technology to create incredible visuals. I felt so inspired by his work and came up with an idea: what if I could use the same technology to recognize the ethnicity of a viewer then project the corresponding racial slurs that were created for that group on their face. I am not sure if it is achievable technically, at least it sounds very cool and looked amazing in my mind.

Then I jumped back to my original idea which is to present the list as a visual database or dictionary. So I googled media art about database. And I found another great artist: Ryoji Ikeda (http://www.ryojiikeda.com/project/datamatics/)

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