Replacement Character by Luke Shannon is a new series that examines surveillance and selfhood through an interactive, kinetic installation called the plotter-scanner – a custom machine combining a standard document scanner with a 4'×6' plotter to create life-sized scans that are both precise and intimate, holding the body at scale yet fractured at the seams.
This book for Replacement Character is a collection of images from the project, along with essays by five writers and the artist. The essays are newly authored by designer David Reinfurt, writer Rex Shannon, artist Maya Man, curator Sofia Garcia, media theorist Ruby Justice Thelot, and closing with a transcript of the performance-lecture by Shannon held in the gallery.
Each writing offers deeper insight into the project’s themes of image, identity, and the permeable boundaries between the virtual and the physical; together, they too provide an expansive (and fragmented) view of the work.
Luke Shannon’s Replacement Character is presented at Heft Gallery from October 8, 2025–November 8, 2025 and at Paris Photo 2025, through 40 unique life-size prints, 10 video works, and a limited number of commissions with the artist.
Replacement Character by Luke Shannon is a new series that examines surveillance and selfhood through an interactive, kinetic installation called the plotter-scanner – a custom machine combining a standard document scanner with a 4'×6' plotter to create life-sized scans that are both precise and intimate, holding the body at scale yet fractured at the seams.
This book for Replacement Character is a collection of images from the project, along with essays by five writers and the artist. The essays are newly authored by designer David Reinfurt, writer Rex Shannon, artist Maya Man, curator Sofia Garcia, media theorist Ruby Justice Thelot, and closing with a transcript of the performance-lecture by Shannon held in the gallery.
Each writing offers deeper insight into the project’s themes of image, identity, and the permeable boundaries between the virtual and the physical; together, they too provide an expansive (and fragmented) view of the work.
Luke Shannon’s Replacement Character is presented at Heft Gallery from October 8, 2025–November 8, 2025 and at Paris Photo 2025, through 40 unique life-size prints, 10 video works, and a limited number of commissions with the artist.
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