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The Google Arts & Culture app can find your fine art doppelganger

16 Jan

Google’s Arts & Culture app was first launched in 2016, offering “virtual access” to some of the most famous art collections in the world, and many stories about arts and culture from around the world. The latest update of the app, however, makes use of Google’s extensive knowledge of machine-learning-based facial recognition, and the front camera of your smartphone, to find your fine art doppelganger… just ’cause.

The new feature lets you record a selfie and receive a list of portrait artworks your self-portrait resembles. While the user interface is extremely simple, Google is using highly sophisticated facial recognition algorithms to compare your facial characteristics to the portraits among the 70,000+ works of art in its Google Art Project database.

To try it out, download and install the app and scroll down to the “is your portrait in a museum?” icon on the front screen. From there, you simply capture an image of your face, and the system will analyze which which work of art you most resemble.

Looking at some of the results on Twitter and other social media, it is fair to say that the feature generally does a pretty decent job in matching selfie subject and piece of art; however, among the examples we have posted below, you’ll also see the occasional slip-up.

Unfortunately, it appears that if you are, like myself, living outside the US, you are currently out of luck as the new feature has not been rolled out globally yet. Hopefully this will happen soon though. If you are based in the US, you can find Google Arts & Culture on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

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04 Sep

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Mashup Masterpieces: 48 Fusions of Art and Contemporary Pop Culture

01 Jun

[ By SA Rogers in Art & Drawing & Digital. ]

In centuries past, art has mostly depicted religious and political figures alongside artist’s models and ordinary people, but as future generations look back on our era, they’ll see a confusing mishmash of celebrities and fictional characters interwoven into our fine art legacy. Often removed from their context and mixed together, figures from music, movies, television and comic books presented as art subjects make a statement on our obsession with image, fame, heroes and the qualities we project onto the most famous faces our culture has created.

Star Wars Recreations of Famous Photographs by David Eger

For ‘365 Days of Clones,’ Canadian art teacher David Eger recreated famous photographs using Star Wars figurines, including play son ‘Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,’ ‘Abbey Road,’ ‘American Gothic’ and even the iconic flying-across-the-moon-on-a-bicycle scene from E.T.

Models Turned Celebrities with Body Paint

Models are used as the basis of living sculptures, their features changed with globs of paint, plastic, paper, clothes and wigs so they roughly resemble celebrities like Karl Lagerfeld, Steve Jobs and Pamela Anderson. Artist Marie-Lou Desmeules refers to her creations as ‘pop zombies,’ asking viewers to consider what these artistic impersonations say about image in our society.

Terra-cotta Characters by Lizabeth Eva Rossof

Rather than the nameless soldiers of old who made up the historical Chinese terra-cotta army, the Xi’an-American Warriors by Lizabeth Eva Rossof bear the faces of Spiderman, Bart Simpson, Batman, Shrek, Mickey Mouse and other fictional characters, reflecting both the far reach of America’s media influence and modern-day China’s industry of counterfeiting these copyrighted properties.

Hero-Glyphics by Josh Lane

In ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, artist Josh Lane saw a graphic style of art that lends itself surprisingly well to modern-day cartoon and comic book styles. For his ‘Hero-Glyphics’ series, he dropped modern characters into poses he thought best fit each one’s personality, using background details and symbols to tell a story.

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Art History in Contemporary Life: Classical Figures in Modern Scenery

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Subway Angels: Painted Figures Spliced into Contemporary Cities

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Masterpieces from Greek antiquity through the nineteenth century are literally seen through a modern lens, remade into action figures or inserted into contemporary settings, in this collection of …

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Nothing to Hide: Open Glass Islamic Culture Center for NYC

26 Mar

[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ]

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Designed to dispel fears surrounding Muslim culture, practices and traditions, a new wide-open skyscraper design for New York City invites people of all faiths to enter, through both programmatic functions and a clear facade.

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The schematic proposal by local firm Buro Koray Duman was commissioned by the American Society for Muslim Advancement (ASMA), aiming to promote progressive change and social justice. The Society hopes to show another side of Islam to the city and the world.

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The idea is, in part, to highlight cultural aspects of Islam as apart from the strictly religious (and particularly: radicalized) associations, distinguishing between peoples and religions.

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The building is structured to be as welcoming and open as possible, consisting of horizontal floors stacked to fit a vertical urban landscape.

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From Dezeen: “His studio’s schematic design for the centre features a 100,000-square-foot (9,290 square metres) building that takes its cue from historic Islamic cultural complexes, called kulliyes.”

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“In these complexes, which are laid out horizontally, low-slung buildings with varying functions are organised around a centrally placed mosque.”

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A central volume contains an auditorium, library, prayer room, restaurant and offices, connected by walkways that span public and private spaces around the perimeter.

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This design may or may not be realized; the idea of building Islam-centered architecture near the site of the 9/11 attacks has been contentious for well over a decade.

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Supporters hope, however, that structure (conceptual or actual) can show another dimension to even the wariest members of the public, at least opening the door to interfaith and intercultural dialogue.

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Caricature as Furniture: Pop Culture in Functional 3D Form

08 Jan

[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ]

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The Simpsons and other characters and pop culture figures are translated into minimalist chair designs in this eclectic collection from 56th Studio. Can you guess who the rest are supposed to be? The designers took the most recognizable features of each and distilled them to their most basic forms. Naturally, the exaggerated hairstyles of Bart, Marge and Lisa make them easy to spot, while the others are subtler.

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“At the beginning, this project is an exploration of minimal illustration that has eventually expanded into pieces of furniture,” say the esigners. “We believe that objects possess power of communication, therefore, we decide to take a tongue-in-cheek look at investigating Pop and Hollywood Culture in tangible forms, in hoping that it would make the line that separates Graphic from Furniture become thinner.”

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Inspired in part by the ‘cubical appearance’ of iconic singer Grace Jones, the project definitely blurs the lines between art objects and functional furniture. Jones is represented by one big pair of lips, and you might be able to spot Harry Potter and his owl, too.

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Absolutely Absurd: 18 Playful Furniture Pieces for All Ages

The humor starts with the name, but definitely does not end there. Straight Line Designs produces just about anything except works that are straightforward.
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Paper Cuts: 40 Puzzling Pop Culture Silhouettes

19 Feb

[ By Steph in Art & Sculpture & Craft. ]

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Some people – and characters – are so recognizable, we can tell who they are just by the outlines of their heads. All it takes is a few basic details, like a hat, a necklace or a certain hairstyle, to identify them. Others are more of a challenge. See for yourself with artist Olly Moss’ ‘Paper Cuts’ series depicting figures from pop culture.

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Silhouettes from popular movies and television shows range from instantly identifiable to a bit more puzzling. Can you guess those top characters by their ’90s hairstyles?

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Cartoons, game characters and superheroes might be the easiest of all. Who couldn’t identify Mario and Luigi, The Joker, Superman, or the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote?

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Paper Cuts: 40 Puzzling Pop Culture Silhouettes

06 Feb

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Pop Culture Silhouettes 4

Some people – and characters – are so recognizable, we can tell who they are just by the outlines of their heads. All it takes is a few basic details, like a hat, a necklace or a certain hairstyle, to identify them. Others are more of a challenge. See for yourself with artist Olly Moss’ ‘Paper Cuts’ series depicting figures from pop culture.

Pop Culture Silhouettes 3

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Pop Culture Silhouettes 5

Pop Culture Silhouettes 6

Silhouettes from popular movies and television shows range from instantly identifiable to a bit more puzzling. Can you guess those top characters by their ’90s hairstyles?

Pop Culture Silhouettes 7

Pop Culture Silhouettes 8
Cartoons, game characters and superheroes might be the easiest of all. Who couldn’t identify Mario and Luigi, The Joker, Superman, or the Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote?

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Culture Club Revelin, Dubrovnik / 1.1.2011 / Time-lapse

26 Dec

Culture Club Revelin, Dubrovnik / 1.1.2011 / Time-lapse (Gramophonedzie) About 750 photos shot with Nikon D300, compiled with VirtualDub and produced with PowerDirector. Music: Loops – Tuner

 
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Nikon D300S Indian Culture – Ami Vitale

11 Dec

Ami captures Indian culture in all its beauty with the Nikon D300S. “I shoot in harsh conditions, and really put this camera to the test, starting in India’s unforgiving Thar Desert, in blistering temperatures…thankfully, the vulnerable parts of the D300S body are well sealed and despite all odds, worked impeccably.” See more @ My Nikon Life: mynikonlife.com.au
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Full Nikon D7000 pro review on PhotographyREVIEW.com: reviews.photographyreview.com This Nikon D7000 sample video highlightings the continuous auto focus performance and low light ISO 800 video quality. Lenses used to make this video were the Nikkor 18-105mm VR kit lens and the Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 OS HSM zoom lens. Pro review: reviews.photographyreview.com

 
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SPAIN ART FEST ’10 / Spain Culture New York – Times Square, Manhattan NYC – 10

20 May

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