Ate Von Hes: Found Family

Original post: November 26, 2024

Ate Von Hes: Found Family at FEED Media Art Center seen during the 2024 Thanksgiving Snowpocalypse in Erie PA Downtown ARTs District Found Family is a video portrait project that reimagines identity through a collage of diverse facial features, creating new faces from found fragments. Inspired by the notion of inclusivity, Found Family offers a pataphysical response to those who feel overlooked or left out. Merging unique parts into wholly new characters and connections, each video portrait becomes a celebration of individuality and shared human identity. Feast your eyes on a collection of faces that are both distinct and totally familiar—you may even recognize some of yourselves here!