Artist Collects and Analyzes DNA Samples To Create 3D Portraits in “Stranger Visions”
The next time you comb your hair in a public restroom or aimlessly pick a stray strand off your coat, take a moment to think about the personal information you’re leaving behind. In the case of artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg and her Stranger Visions project, she’s picking up stray hairs, cigarette butts, and finger nails in public places where people might inadvertently leave traces of themselves behind, and using these samples to sequence and analyze the DNA contained within. Using facial recognition algorithms and collaboration with biologists, she and her team are developing and building a 3D modeling software that would reconstruct the images of the unknown individual. Dewey-Hagborg uses the information collected to develop images of what these people look like based off their genetic makeup and DNA sequence.
Date of Article: February 7, 2013
Source: Forensic Magazine and The Creators Project
[Abstract by ForensIQ intern, Andrea Williams]
Citation: Kaganskiy, J. (2013). Artist collects and analyzes DNA samples to create 3D portraits in “stranger visions”. Retrieved February 8, 2013, from http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/de/blog/artist-collects-and-analyzes-dna-samples-to-create-3d-portraits-in-stranger-visions
