Chrissy Brimmage
About
Chrissy Brimmage is a multidisciplinary artist investigating consciousness and reality as shaped by intersubjectivity, contemporary technoculture, and sociopolitical systems.
CV
Visualizing Identity (2019)
Machine Learning, Identity Data, Data Visualization
Machine Learning, Identity Data, Data Visualization
GAN implementation assistance: Charlie Lu, Riley Wong, and Colin Rothfels
Survey development: Dr. Angie Luvara
A text-to-image Machine Learning project investigating gaps in subjectivity through visuals formed by identity data. The visuals serve as stand-ins for an individual’s isolated perceptions of experience, and references for better understanding the formation of identity, how identity impacts experience, and how these experiences compare and contrast between social groups.
Gathering data was done using a self-designed oral survey covering 6 different aspects of social identity: age, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and ability, and how each individual feels existing at those intersections. The results of each individual’s survey were then transcribed, and used as input for the AttnGAN model to produce a unique, AI-made “portrait” representing each individual person and their experiences.