Gender Assigning Program

2011

Image from the A Portrait of Love, Family, and Relationships (2012) installation.

“Gender Assigning Program” uses humor and an intentionally glitched interface, to point to the rediculousness of the gender binary and the stereotypes attached to it. Zack asks the participant to stand in front of a camera attached to a computer which, using the attributes of shirt color and pitch of voice, judges the “gender” of the participant.