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Border Bird 021 - France/United Kingdom - 17.03.2022 - 4:43 PM

Collection

The World Today (TWT)

Description

“Border Birds” is a series of photographs of birds, automatically captured while crossing a border. This was achieved by creating software that detects birds on footage captured by open surveillance cameras placed at boundary lines. The software used artificial intelligence running on a 24/7 server between the dates of March 10th and April 10th, 2022. The server captured more than 3,474 birds through multiple cameras around the world. Later, a curated selection of 100 Border Birds was made. 50% of the artist revenue from this project goes to the European network of migrant women & the international Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), supporting refugees. These Border Birds were spotted crossing the border between France and The United Kingdom, on March 17th 2022 at 4:43 PM. The artists monitored different cameras at the borders of United States/Mexico, Morocco/Spain, Greece/Turkey, France/United Kingdom and Morocco/United Kingdom. A project by siblings Bieke & Dries Depoorter. www.driesdepoorter.com www.biekedepoorter.com

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Subnarrative

“Border Birds” is a series of photos of birds, automatically captured while crossing a border. This was achieved by a combination of artificial intelligence and open surveillance cameras at each boundary line. This camera captured birds crossing the border between France and The United Kingdom.

artist

Bieke & Dries Depoorter