Monumental portrait systems and urban image persistence

URBAN INTERVENTIONS

Large-scale mosaic intervention reconstructing Vincent van Gogh through fragmented pixel structures and handcrafted repetition across a 3.2-meter urban surface.

By translating one of the most recognizable portraits in art history into a public mosaic system, the intervention establishes a dialogue between nineteenth-century painting and contemporary digital perception.

The work explores how cultural icons survive through continuous processes of reproduction, compression, and reinterpretation, transforming Van Gogh’s image into a resilient urban signal. Positioned within the everyday visual landscape of the city, the portrait functions simultaneously as homage, appropriation, and a reflection on how collective memory is reconstructed through pixels, fragments, and technological forms of seeing.

Pixel-by-Pixel Construction and Software Archaeology.
The pixel as occupation
PIXEL-BASED SYSTEMS INVESTIGATING IMAGE PERSISTENCE, SYMBOLIC INVOCATION AND THE MATERIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF MEMORY.
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