Faces Of
Indistinguishable from the human hand
WHAT IS IT?
Faces Of is an artwork created by Studio of Art & Commerce in collaboration with Sir Peter Blake. The piece was commissioned by the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, as the focal point for their 60th Anniversay celebrations.
WHAT WE DID
Whatever Together was the technical design and production partner to Studio of Art & Commerce, creators of ‘Faces Of' is an innovative new artwork developed in collaboration with Sir Peter Blake. Built using a large-scale, high-precision motion platform, the piece uses AI technology to translate photographs of guests at an event into line-drawn portraits. These portraits are plotted on a 4.8m wide canvas using ink and a mechanised calligraphy brush. These systems work in concert to replicate the human touch and traditional mark-making techniques.
WT TEAM
Sean Malikides - Principal mechanical engineer
Duncan Carter - Principal software developer
Fergus Laidlaw, Aaron Smith - ML pipeline support
Karsten Goodwin - Fluid systems development
CREDITS
Images courtesy of Studio of Art & Commerce, photography by James Metcalf
TOGETHER WITH
Mandarin Oriental
London Advertising
Sir Peter Blake
WHERE & WHEN
London & Hong Kong, 2023
PRESS
SPECIAL THANKS
Grace, Joe, Gulio, Alasdair, Sean H, Will, Audrey, Hannes et. al in Harringay, Jacob and Tom C
