OB_006_Multiple_Scale_Superposition
Status
Status:: Finished
1. Operation data
Internal number: OB_006
Operational regime: Algorithmic Transformation
Source image: Photograph taken from life
Operational description:
The image is copied and successively superimposed at different scales to construct a multiple composition. The accumulation of copies alters the relative size of the forms and makes recognition of the original object difficult.
2. Tools and procedure
Tools / medium:
- Photoshop
- iPhone camera
Script (2026-09 audit): Not applicable (operation performed in Photoshop, manual tool without code export).
Technical procedure:
- Copy and paste the input image successively.
- Scale and rearrange the copies within the composition.
- Superimpose the successive layers.
- Adjust the composition diagram.
- Evaluate the recognition threshold in the resulting sequence.
3. Variables
Controlled variables:
- The composition diagram
- Scale of the copies
- Quantity and arrangement of the superimposed images
Uncontrolled / accidental variables:
- Variations produced by layer composition
- Perceptual changes in the recognition threshold
4. Visual sequence
Initial image
Step 01
Step 02
Step 03
Step 04
Step 05
Step 06
Step 07
Step 08
Step 09
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Step 12
5. Visual selection
Crisis / threshold according to AI-assisted reading / ChatGPT
Crisis / threshold according to my perception
6. Crisis and formal-perceptual reading
Main crisis: Visual size
The operation affects the visual grammar of the image: form, outline, color, figure/ground relationship, legibility, recognition, and support.
Recognition of the object collapses due to size. The crisis does not primarily affect form, outline, or the relationship with the ground; it enters through legibility and recognition, due to the size and the number of images entering the same composition. It is an aesthetic collapse rather than a technical one.
7. Final evaluation and artistic reference
Question for the operation:
Does this operation truly put the image into crisis, or does it function merely as an aesthetic effect?
The crisis is aesthetic.
Operation notes / what I learned:
It is a simple operation that does not contribute much novelty or richness on its own. It can be combined with other operations. My own recognition threshold is more demanding than the threshold identified via AI assistance.
Final_status:
Works:: YES
How it destroys the image:
Works_on:: Aesthetic
Level and Richness of crisis:
Crisis:: Low
Decision:
Selection:: Combinable / Save
Possible artistic reference
Reference:: David Hockney, John Stezaker, Penelope Umbrico, Lucas Blalock
Possible works:
