PopGen Project
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Perfect Users 2019: The PopGen
Project - Make the machine do the work!
PopGen is a term that refers to
population-based recruitment of patients and controls for the
analysis of complex genotype-phenotype relationships in the medical
research field. This art project paraphrases the term into a populous
aggregation of images relating to art and culture that examines how
humans interpret complex visual information when juxtaposed with
visual cliches relating to popular culture and technological change.
It uses the juxtaposition of seemingly random or opposing imagery to
create a new reality.
The base images are initially created
with net.art generator (NAG), a computer program which collects and
recombines images from the Internet to create a new image based on
search terms. These are then assembled into metamontages in
Photoshop. Clip art images with transparent backgrounds are sourced
from Pngimg.com, a free Creative Commons library and then overlayed
into the finished piece.
Bob Georgeson September 2019
