In September 2019 I visited Linz (Austria), the UNESCO City of Media Arts, where I attended the 40th Anniversary of the Ars Electronica Festival, ‘the most time-honored media arts festival in the world,’ with its special theme ‘Out of the Box: The Midlife Crisis of the Digital Revolution’. As I nibbled on gummy candies that … Continue reading On the Basis of Face: Biometric Art as Critical Practice, its History and Politics