After Image: between the subject, the camera, computation, and representation

(An Adaptation of my 2019 Thesis paper for my MFA in Design and Technology at The New School, Parsons School of Design)

Abstract:

Chapter 1 Introduction and Impetus

Figure 1, My mother
Figure 2, photographs from S.T.A.R.S.
Figure 3, A contrapposto pose (no pathosformel)
Figure 4, a pathosformel pose

Chapter 2 Methodology

Figure 5, Mapping the pre-trained models used
Figure 6, Three S.T.A.R.S. images from one cluster
Figure 7, A photograph from S.T.A.R.S. of a couple
Figure 8, A portrait from S.T.A.R.S. of a man holding a paper
Figure 9, A portrait from S.T.A.R.S. of a man holding a book
Figure 10, A portrait from S.T.A.R.S. of three women
Figure 11, My paternal grandparents’ marriage photo from 1933
Figure 12, A portrait of a couple from S.T.A.R.S.
Figure 13, A portrait of a couple taken in a Kenyan photo studio in 1956
Figure 14, A portrait of a couple from S.T.A.R.S.
Figure 15, A portrait of a couple from S.T.A.R.S.
Figure 16, Two S.T.A.R.S. photographs from round rattan chair cluster

Chapter 3 Methodology to Form

Figure 17, Installation view
Figure 18, Installation view
Figure 19, Top view of the layout of the clusters with the video in the center
Figure 20, Diagram of top view of the layout of the clusters with the video in the center
Figure 21, An example of an averaged image cluster
Figure 22, An example of an averaged image cluster
Figure 23, A close up of a cluster
Figures 24, 25, & 26, Stills from the central video

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Aarati Akkapeddi is a first-generation Indian-American, cross-disciplinary artist, educator, and programmer interested in the poetics and politics of datasets.

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Aarati Akkapeddi

Aarati Akkapeddi is a first-generation Indian-American, cross-disciplinary artist, educator, and programmer interested in the poetics and politics of datasets.