Race Code

Wright Timo

Race Code is a seemingly interactive computer installation reflecting on our relation to ourselves and our position in our community, nation, and our so called race. The visitor enters the exhibition space full of projections of earlier visitor’s portraits. ”Race Code” computer programme takes a photo of the visitor and calculates based on their facial characters whether they belong to ”lower” or ”higher” race, placing the photo accordingly among the others. In reality, the rules behind the calculations are totally imaginary. 

Production Year
2012
Tyyppi
Asiasana
Original Title
Race Code
Finnish Title

Race Code

English Title

Race Code

Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
No
Sound
No
Cast
Timo Wright (Author), Timo Wright (Director), Matti Niinimäki (Director)
Press Photos
Timo Wright is a media artist based in Helsinki, Finland. Wright has graduated with MA degree from the Aalto University School of Art and Design in Helsinki in 2014. He has participated in domestic and international exhibitions since the mid 2000s including Kunsthall Charlottenborg (2017 & 2018), Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie (2017), Galerie Anhava (2016), Helsinki Art Museum (2013), Helsinki Design Museum (2012), Amos Anderson Art Museum (2012), Kunsthalle Helsinki (2012, 2010, 2009) and Helsinki Art Museum’s Kluuvi Gallery (2012),  as well as festivals such as IDFA, Slamdance, Nordisk Panorama, International Film Festival Rotterdam and  Japan Media Arts Festival. His films have been shown at over 70 festivals and exhibitions worldwide.