The artist states, "There is a myth, some say a science, suggesting people who have more symmetrical faces are considered more " attractive".
If you are made symmetrical, do you consider yourself more beautiful, less so, or is it just weird? Or is it you at all? Do you have a best side? What is to be said of left and right brain dominance?"
Wolkenstein has also created an accompanying website to the project called Echoism, as the term Echoism relates to facial symmetry in its physiognomical sense. Users can upload their own photos (it's free) either using an iPhone application or a webcam app. Users images are split, made symmetrical, and placed on the website along with other user photos. Get your own symmetrical portrait made at http://www.echoism.org/.
all photos © Julian Wolkenstein, used with permission
Dear all,
ReplyDeleteI found these photographs, dated 2010, of Julian Wolkenstein about symmetry by chance.
These same photos had already been made by the Portuguese artist Cecilia Costa in 2001 ( it was when I saw the 1st time).
She was among the artists selected for the Biennale of Sydney in 2004 as a result of her work work in progress. She has photographed over 600 faces and exposed those same works all over the world.
http://www.anamnese.pt/?projecto=az (search Cecília Costa) where you can see some of her earlier works and they all involve the idea of symmetry.
Thank you for listening,
Francisca