Photo_ID

Title : Photo_ID
Year : 2022 (launched 2022.01.27)
Signature : Emmanuel Guez
Description : NFTs on the Tezos Blockchain; 365 (self-)portraits of Emmanuel Guez, made by an AI, published on his Twitter account (@notmynamism) from December 27, 2021 to December 27, 2022; performance and text.
Dimensions : Ø
Platform : Twitter.com ; OBJKT.com
License : No License ; All Rights Reserved
Tags : crypto-(poly)-identitism ; heteronymic lifestyle ; post-genderism ; homage to on kawara ; digital conceptual art ; absurdist diary ; GANism ; praise of invisibility ; recursivitism
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More : Photo_ID is an installation conceived around a photographic project that also encompasses a written text and a performance composed of multiple actions.
The work brings together technologies such as artificial intelligence (GANs), blockchain, and the social media platform Twitter (now X).
It represents the final stage in a long-term artistic process.
Emmanuel Guez has no face on the internet. Since 2012, he has consistently refused to be photographed or filmed, arranged for all published images of himself to be removed, and generated visual decoys to mislead search engines.
His approach is one of disarchiving himself within a world saturated by self-overarchiving.
With Photo_ID, Emmanuel Guez grants himself 365 faces — one every 24 hours for a year — the faces of people who do not exist, generated by artificial intelligence.
In essence, with Photo_ID, Emmanuel Guez acquires 365 faces, and yet remains faceless.