Printed Matter

A man with dark hair and a sunset in the background
Paulius Petraitis

A man with dark hair and a sunset in the background (2017–2020) explores visual recognition through a dialogue-based approach with an image interpretation software. Each personal photograph in the series is paired with captions ascribed by Microsoft Azure image interpretation system. 

Publication A man with dark hair and a sunset in the background
Artists Paulius Petraitis
Texts Monika Kalinauskaitė
Graphic design Tadas Karpavičius
Publisher Lugemik & Six Chairs Books
Dimensions 165  × 235 mm
Pages 144
Binding Spiral-bound [with four different covers]
ISBN 978-609-96058-3-8
Available here

The resulting combinations of image and text highlight the gap between human and machine seeing, and are, in turn, poetic and humorous. These are not mistakes per se, but rather a differentiated perspective of the surrounding world, which raises questions about the role technology plays in our recognition. 

The book includes a text by Monika Kalinauskaitė, designed by Tadas Karpavičius and published by Lugemik and Six Chairs Books.

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