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The Arts Intel Report

Algo-Portrait

Jan 9 – Feb 26, 2020
Pipewala Apartments, 4th Pasta Ln, Badhwar Park, Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400005, India

In the 21st century, self-portraiture is the order of the day. In the hours we spend using social media platforms—scrapbooking our likes, dislikes, selfies, and statuses—we unwittingly create online self-portraits in which our personality traits become a set of quantifiable data points. Enter the “algo-portrait,” a selfie comprised of all that data. In this exhibition the Indian-American artist Tara Kelton creates portraits in which AI has the upper hand and algorithms draw the profile. —E.C.

“Algo-Portrait,” installation view. Courtesy of Mumbai Art Room, Mumbai.