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"Can the Subaltern Speak?": Feminism in Robotic Mask Design
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DescriptionInspired by Iranian historical masks used to protect women from the gaze of colonial patriarchal oppressors, this project suggests strategies of resistance for women against contemporary patriarchal oppression. In this project, two masks begin to communicate with each other, blinking their eyelashes in rapid succession, using AI-generated Morse code.



To learn more about this artist visit: http://www.behnazfarahi.com/
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