Siobhan O'Flynn's 1001 Tales http://1001tales.posterous.com tracing the roots & tendrils of storytelling today posterous.com Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:20:00 -0800 The Unveiling of The Digital Flesh | The Creators Project compiles 3D facial scans to create a "composite 'supreme being'" http://1001tales.posterous.com/the-unveiling-of-the-digital-flesh-the-creato http://1001tales.posterous.com/the-unveiling-of-the-digital-flesh-the-creato

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"When The Creators Project was launched this past June, creators Radical Friend (Kirby McClure and Julia Grigorian) conceived of an enduring “organism” to commemorate the birth. This organism is an ever-evolving amorphous figure composed of thousands of 3D facial scans collected from all over the globe at our launch parties in NYC, London, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Beijing. Attendees in each city would add to the organism’s DNA by submitting a facial scan, and between events the organism would incubate and grow in its online “womb.” The installation culminated in a birthing séance in Beijing this past September, at which point a composite “supreme being” was welcomed into the world...."

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http://www.thecreatorsproject.com/blog/the-unveiling-of-the-digital-flesh#

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