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The Manifesto of Facelessness (2025)

The Manifesto of Facelessness (2025)

This manifesto introduces the core principles of Facelessness as both a practical and philosophical position.


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The face is no longer merely a face.
In the Digital Age, it has become a key, a credential, a vulnerability—an always-on broadcast of identity that can be captured, predicted, synthesised, and weaponised.

The Manifesto of Facelessness is the foundational philosophical document of Art of FACELESS (AOF), defining a new doctrine for autonomy in an era where the human image has become the most precarious form of personal information.

This manifesto introduces the core principles of Facelessness as both a practical and philosophical position: a defence of identity, a reclamation of interiority, and a conscious refusal to let the face—our most irreducible biometric—become raw material for systems that do not have our freedom in mind.


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