2091 : The Ministry of Privacy
2019
C-Print, Ricoh GR, facial recognition software.
60x80cm
"For his project 2091: The Ministry of Privacy (2019), Maxime Matthys travelled to Kachgar, one of the last remaining bastions of Uyghur culture, to photograph the everyday lives of its inhabitants. Uploaded into a facial recognition software similar to that employed by the state, the results render the respective biometric data directly onto the subjects’ faces, in turn revealing the ubiquitous nature of this seemingly-invisible technology and the dangers inherent within it."
Tim Clark
