Biometric/Biographic, 2011

 

 

 

 

Telling the stories of the clothes we wear.

Giving the most industrial and anonymous of items an identity.

Exposing the evolution of material.

Reliving memories of time and place; of hands that have touched the cloth, leaving their mark and testimony.

 

 

 

 

The work "Biometric, Biographic" was born out of the controversy surrounding the biometric database law. It is based on the underlying assumption that even if we can currently prevent the legislation of such an invasive law, as a rule, in the digital age, we will have trouble preventing the creation of information databases that are accessible on the internet, and contain our most private information.

 

 

 

 

 

This work therefore aspires to grant a new character to Information databases and recruit their activity for our benefit.

 

 

 

 

According to the imaginary scenario presented in this work, The biometric database will be transformed into a social network, open and accessible to all through the internet, with the fingerprints becoming a distinct mark of identity and biography instead of bearing incrimination.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transforming from a biometric mark, to a biographic imprint.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is an interactive work. In order to see how it works please watch the video documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Biometric, Biographic" was originally created for the exhibition "Mechanical Couture: Fashioning a New Order" at the Design Museum Holon. Curators: Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox. it's a winner of the Interaction Design Contest: Building the Internet of Things (interactiondesigncontest.com/).

 

 

 

Thanks: Graphic Design - Oded Korach / Logo Design – Studio Michal Granit / Interaction and Technical Realization - Irad Lee / Industrial Design - Shlomi Eiger & Yariv Ziv / Stand Design – Design Mill / Photos – Eyal Toueg & Alex Pergament.