Il volto infinito

_Il volto infinito_ offers a multifaceted investigation into the cultural, philosophical, and technological dimensions of the face in contemporary digital societies. The volume, rooted in the ERC-funded FACETS project, brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to interrogate the evolving aesthetics, ethics, and semiotics of the visage in an era marked by the pervasive mediation of artificial intelligence, virtual environments, and posthuman imaginaries. From the ritual repetition that unveils deeper layers of meaning, to the ethical quandaries surrounding the virtual face and its infinite mutations, the contributions reflect on the tensions between materiality and immateriality, presence and simulation, identity and its dissolution. The face emerges not merely as a biological or representational entity but as a site where cultural, technological, and ethical dynamics intersect—spanning from the human to the posthuman, from the analogue to the digital. This collection illuminates how the face persists as a central node in the construction of meaning, even as its contours blur within the endless recombinations of contemporary media ecologies.