Object Image

Jane and Louise Wilson ('False Positive, False Negative')

Jane Wilson (1967-), Artist.

Louise Wilson (1967-), Artist.

Here the artists' faces are shown marked with camouflage patterns designed to scramble the face recognition software that is used to identify individuals in CCTV footage. The mirrored surface reflects the viewer, who shifts his or her position from the subject to the object of surveillance.

2012
Screen print on mirrored acrylic
650.0 x 965.0mm
NPG 6975
Image © Jane and Louise Wilson/ DACS, London 2018
Text © National Portrait Gallery, London

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National Portrait Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Permanent collection