Ars Electronica Festival · 2011
Face to Facebook - Hacking Monopolism Trilogy
by Paolo Cirio, Alessandro Ludovico
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2011
“Face to Facebook - Hacking Monopolism Trilogy” by Paolo Cirio and Alessandro Ludovico received an Award of Distinction in the Interactive Art category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2011.
*Face to Facebook* was a social experiment: stealing a million Facebook profiles, filtering them with face-recognition software and then posting them on a custom-built dating website, sorted by their facial expression characteristics.
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