Megan Williams & Sheung Yiu: (Inter)Faces of Predictions
C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025
Edited with text by Veronika Epple. Text by Megan Williams, Sheung Yiu, Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek.
Berlin Talent–awarded investigation into how historical and contemporary practices of facial analysis reinforce ethnic and cultural stereotypes
Through an analysis of his own face, Chinese artist Sheung Yiu (born 1991) demonstrates how historical beliefs and modern algorithm-based processes reproduce Western theories of physiognomy and its resulting prejudices.
FORMAT: Pbk, 4.75 x 6.5 in. / 640 pgs / 280 color / 280 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $45.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $63 ISBN: 9783959059756 PUBLISHER: Spector Books AVAILABLE: 9/1/2026 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA AFR ME
Megan Williams & Sheung Yiu: (Inter)Faces of Predictions C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025
Published by Spector Books. Edited with text by Veronika Epple. Text by Megan Williams, Sheung Yiu, Eva-Maria Fahrner-Tutsek.
Berlin Talent–awarded investigation into how historical and contemporary practices of facial analysis reinforce ethnic and cultural stereotypes
Through an analysis of his own face, Chinese artist Sheung Yiu (born 1991) demonstrates how historical beliefs and modern algorithm-based processes reproduce Western theories of physiognomy and its resulting prejudices.
