blue.star.folly root() {  .art   .algorithmy   .photáges    .known_soldier    .political    .sociological    .erotic   .art_fotos  .music //mp3s  .rant   .archive  .photo_album  .misc   .game_dev   .links  .exhibitions  .about };  portfolio();  STG();  BSF();  LiveJournal();  MySpace();  Angie_Cardone();  sitemap();  contact(); search bluestarfolly.com internet			<rant>    Cam Whores, War, et cetera. - 2005.Mar.19 - 21:51PST   previous rant   next rant   A composite of 2573 webcam self-portraits found on Live Journal and the such.  All source images are 320 by 240 pixels in size and were taken with "cheap" webcams rather than consumer or professional level digital cameras.  The piece is a study in the composition of lo-fi / high-tech narcissism and the struggle for praise and acceptance in a society that makes icons of celebrities like Paris Hilton.  I would be amiss if I failed to mention that today is the second anniversary of the start of the war in Iraq.  1520 American soldiers dead, no WMDs found, no peace in sight for the people of Iraq.  Three of my pieces (The Known Soldier, The 108th U.S. Senate and The 108th U.S. House of Representatives) were shown at an anti-war demonstration in Seattle this weekend.  - Lars Visitor Comments Hey Lookee! That's me, in the center there... and there's my hair, or at least, a statistical abstraction of it... I was going for that look, honest! These photages are neat, Lars. Thanks for making them. If I stare at it long enough, will I infer specific possibilities (single images) culled from the data? I think I see highlights from the bridges of noses... "is there a strange, meaningful reciprocal process after photaging?", is what I ask when I look at that image. (2005.05.02 05:29:35) - Comment by anonymous   (69.69.78.202) I know you said you won't tell how you did the fractals (or something like that), but can you tell us/me how you make your photages and what program you use? Pretty please? (2007.04.14 21:32:32) - Comment by Mercutio   (216.43.202.179) Mercutio, I had to write custom software in order to create the photáges.  The process is pretty straight-forward, but the implementation takes quite a bit of work.  Basically, I have to align each image, scan the data and then composite/combine them into a single amalgam.  The photáges you see are the result.  It's not the sort of thing I could easily release for public use (especially since none of it was designed with that in mind).  Sorry :( (2007.04.23 10:43:12) - Comment by Lars ( webmaster ) Post A Comment  Name:   URL:   Comment:        [HTML tags are not permitted] Rants: 07.16   ATTN ALL TOY SOLDIERS - A Cal... 07.02   Nice ride... 06.15   Oh dear... 06.13   Another month in HELL... 06.05   Saying no ain't so easy... 05.28   TONIGHT - Free Vodka, No Cove... 05.26   The Known Soldier 05.21   Newsletter - May 2008 05.18   17 years after first starting... 05.03   FYI 05.02   GHOSTS I - IV 04.29   Art show, Wednesday night @ Club... 04.23   Noise or Music? 04.17   Newsletter, April 2008 04.16   LOUD NOISE makes me HAPPY! 04.13   Performance, this Tuesday night! 04.05   Robber Barons? 04.02   Build the Robots 04.01   Cry wolf? 03.30   time to get off my ass... 03.24   YouTube video from the Rainforest... Art and Photography:
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