THE HUMAN RACE MACHINE - Wolfman Productions

A unique multi-media creation, The Human Race Machine, is now available.
You can bring this highly interactive technology to your campus and
challenge your perception of race, age, and other outward human features.

Click here to view a short movie of The Human Race Machine – (4.8MB, requires Quicktime)
Courtesy of EGG: The Arts Show, PBS. Footage by Kathy Brew & Roberto Guerra, copyright 2000

The HRM is a computer console comprised of these different programs:

The Human Race Machine allows participants to see themselves with the facial characteristics of six different races mapped onto their own visage.

The Age Machine allows viewers to age his or her face. This program has been used for over twenty years to enable the FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to help locate kidnap victims.

Left: Aged Barbie, 1994.

The Couples Machine combines photographs of men and women in varying percentages to allow couples to view their offspring, or simply to envision layered "maleness" and "femaleness" in one face.

The Anomaly Machine affords viewers the unsettling opportunity of seeing themselves with simulated facial anomalies.

Additional Information on The HRM:
How does it work? The patented technology captures your image while you sit in front of the machine. You use the four different programs to apply the changes you would like to see.

How is it available? The Human Race Machine is available for a full week or more.

How does it arrive? The Human Race Machine arrives in a custom-made case via ground freight. The case is set on wheels and weighs about 650 lbs (including the machine). The dimensions of the case are 80 inches high, 62 inches deep, and 38 inches wide. The machine is approximately 67 inches high, 52 inches deep, and 32 inches wide.

Is it easy to set up? The installation is minimal, but we send explicit directions to make sure you get it exactly right...