Johnny DiBlasi
Custom software,
pigmented inkjet prints
2022
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Custom software, archival pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, archival pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, pigmented inkjet print
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Custom software, pigmented inkjet print
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The Vertices or Data portrait series images, or what I call computational drawings,
are part of a series of generative imagery that are created by the ephemeral and ubiquitous image data that we generate
constantly of ourselves and others. This data is compiled in our lives, knowingly and unknowingly, throughout the day,
and inevitably piling up over a given year. The system or custom software that makes the images was developed for an
interactive video installation that utilizes custom software to create generative imagery in real time. For this series,
\images of people or myself (portrait photographs) are fed into the system which analyzes the image data in order to
generate algorithms for visualizing the imagery. The camera, and the resulting portrait imagery that it creates, acts as
a type of sensor where the light from the lens transforms light into our image — into data as pixels. These pixels are
then evaluated based on certain properties of light and dark. This created data is transcoded into various systems of
vectors, colors, soundwaves, and text.
The piece transforms the picture plane into three dimensional space that creates
a data visualization of a person's imagery data. The series of still images taken from these data visualizations are
titled Untitled (Data Portraits). These resulting printed images are created by computational processes which draw
outputs of line, shape, and color based on data that is input into different drawing algorithms. Pixel data is mined
from imagery and video and then translated into numerical data that is computed by different algorithms. These algorithms
govern how line and color are generated by custom software. The resulting forms or drawings
are printed on canvas or
matte paper with archival pigmented ink.