Seeing a hair in the crack of a piece
of glass, spurred Dewey-Hagborg to think of who its owner might be, what
they look like, what their personality is like, etc. With these
questions her “Stranger Visions” project was born.
To make her point regarding genetic
surveillance, Dewey-Hagborg has been using currently available
technology, which she wrote allows her to extract DNA from hair, locate
certain traits and create what a person’s face might look like.
She has taken DNA samples found
on the streets of New York City from a cigarette butts and gum and has
been able to determine gender, ethnicity (based on the mother’s side)
and eye color. Take a look at the face’s she has been able to
reconstruct based on her DNA analysis here.
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