MPA–01
PROB–MPA–01 · MACHINE PORTRAIT APPARATUSThe apparatus reads one photograph of a human subject on a 16 × 16 grid, ranks the 256 readings into five levels, and draws the record as a mark. The output is a machine portrait: a deterministic derivative of a photograph, not a picture of a person.
STATUSOPERATIONAL
INPUT01 PHOTOGRAPH
RECORD16 × 16 · 256 READINGS
ISSUE03 OBJECTS · A4
PLACE ONE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE STAGETHE STAGE IS EMPTY. DROP A FILE ONTO IT, OR CLICK TO SELECT ONE.SELECT PHOTOGRAPH
SPECIMEN STAGE · 16 × 16 READ GRIDNO SPECIMEN MOUNTED
ADMISSIBLE INPUT
SUBJECTONE HUMAN FACEPOSEFRONTAL · BOTH PUPILS VISIBLEFILEJPEG OR PNG · 512–12000 PX · 32 MIB / 80 MP MAXRETENTIONREAD, DERIVED FROM, DISCARDED
The photograph is not edited, retouched or interpreted. It is measured. Anything the measurement does not capture does not reach the portrait.
ISSUE · THREE OBJECTSAWAITING INPUT
REGISTRATION · POINT 1 OF 2
WINDOW4.2 × IPD · EYE LINE 0.40 H
SOURCE PHOTOGRAPH · AS SUPPLIED
PUPIL REGISTRATION0 OF 2
01 SUBJECT'S RIGHT PUPILCLICK NOW
02 SUBJECT'S LEFT PUPILAWAITING
MEASUREAVAILABLE WHEN BOTH PUPILS ARE MARKED
WINDOW4.2 × IPD · SQUAREEYE LINE0.40 H
RECORD HELD · ONE MEASUREMENT
FRAMING
MACHINE PORTRAIT · CONCENTRIC
THE RECORDFIXED
WINDOW4.2 × IPD · EYE LINE 0.40 HGRID16 × 16 · 256 READINGSLEVELS—REGISTERPOINT [9, 6]
The 256 readings are ranked against themselves into five levels, so exposure falls away and only relative light survives. The two framings and the eight marks are all views of this one measurement.
WHAT WAS MEASUREDFIXED AT MEASUREMENT
01 · SOURCE — AS SUPPLIED
EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW IS DISREGARDED
02 · REGISTERED WINDOW — THE ONLY PART READ
4.2 × IPD · CLOSE BY PROTOCOL, NOT BY CROPPING
THE EIGHT MARKS · MEASUREDSELECT ONE TO ENLARGE · ALL EIGHT ARE ISSUED
ISSUE SPECIFICATIONTHREE OBJECTS · UNISSUED
PORTRAITA4 · CONCENTRIC
RECORD
MARKSA4 · EIGHT MARKS
FACESMEASURED · RECONSTRUCTED
Nothing is issued yet. The record is held for inspection only; it is fixed, and the three objects are made, at payment.
ISSUE · AUTHORISATIONTHE RECORD IS HELD · NOTHING IS ISSUED UNTIL PAYMENT IS VERIFIED
AMOUNT€ 5 · ONE ISSUE
HELD RECORD · CONCENTRICUNISSUED
TO BE ISSUEDTHREE OBJECTS
01 PORTRAIT02 RECORD03 MARKSDELIVERYDIGITAL · PRINTABLE BY THE HOLDERSTATEUNISSUED UNTIL PAYMENT IS VERIFIED
ONE ISSUE€ 5
AUTHORISINGHOLD
THE APPARATUS HOLDS THE RECORD WHILE YOU ARE AWAY AND COMPLETES THE ISSUE WHEN THE PAID SESSION RETURNS VERIFIED · CARD DETAILS STAY WITH STRIPE · NO ACCOUNT IS CREATED
RETURNED FROM CHECKOUT · VERIFYING PAID SESSION
SESSION—
RETURNED FROM CHECKOUTSESSION RECEIVED
PAID SESSION VERIFIEDIN PROGRESS
ISSUE NUMBER ASSIGNEDAWAITING
THREE OBJECTS ENTEREDAWAITING
DO NOT LEAVE THE APPARATUS · THE RECORD IS HELD AND NOTHING IS ISSUED UNTIL THE SESSION VERIFIES
ISSUE COMPLETE · PAIDONE MEASUREMENT · THREE OBJECTS
PORTRAIT · CONCENTRIC · MEASURED · RECTO
THE ISSUE
01 · PORTRAITA4
MEASURED · ONE FACE
VERSO · RECONSTRUCTED
02 · RECORDA4 · ONE FACE
MEASURED MATRIX AND PROVENANCE
03 · MARKSA4
MEASURED · ONE FACE
VERSO · RECONSTRUCTED
ISSUANCE RECORD
ISSUEPAYMENT€ 5 · VERIFIEDISSUEDAPPARATUSMPA–01 · MACHINE PORTRAIT APPARATUSWINDOW4.2 × IPD · EYE LINE 0.40 HGRID16 × 16 · 256 READINGSREGISTERPOINT [9, 6]
INSPECTION
MEASUREDRECONSTRUCTEDDIVERGENCEMARKS08 · PRINCIPAL CONCENTRICPROVENANCEPRODUCTION PIXEL READER · NOT CLAIMED AS HISTORICALLY RECOVEREDVERDICTRECORD ACCEPTED
DIGITAL ISSUEPORTRAIT · RECORD · MARKS · NOT A FOURTH OBJECT
THE SAME RECORD IS INCLUDED IN THE ARCHIVE
THE ISSUE IS DIGITAL. THE THREE A4 OBJECTS ARE THE PRINTABLE ISSUE PACKAGE, RETAINED AND PRINTED BY THE HOLDER; PROBNAYA DOES NOT PRINT OR POST THEM. PRODUCTION PACKAGE ASSEMBLY IS SEPARATE. THE APPARATUS KEEPS NO PHOTOGRAPH.
PROCEDUREFIVE OPERATIONS · FIXED ORDER
01INPUTOne photograph is placed on the stage.
02REGISTRATIONBoth pupils are marked on the photograph.
03MEASUREMENT256 readings, ranked into five levels.
04INSPECTIONTwo framings, each drawn eight ways.
05ISSUEPortrait, record and marks, then closed.