OB_012_Scale_and_Space
Status
Status:: Finished
1. Operation data
Internal number: OB_012
Operational regime: Algorithmic Transformation
Source image: Direct photograph
Operational description:
The shapes that make up the image are distributed and scaled within the image.
2. Tools and procedure
Tools / medium:
- Photoshop
- iPhone camera
Script (2026-09 audit): Not applicable (operation performed in Photoshop, manual tool with no code export).
Technical procedure:
- The shapes are separated from the image
- They are rearranged
- They are scaled
- Compare variations in scale and arrangement.
- Select the states where recognition decreases.
- Record the visual crisis threshold.
3. Variables
Controlled variables:
- Scale
- Diagram
Uncontrolled / accidental variables:
- -
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4. Visual sequence
Initial image
Step 01
Step 02
Step 03
Step 04
Step 05
Step 06
Step 07
Step 08
Step 09
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: Figure-ground-form recognition
The operation affects the visual grammar of the image: form, outline, color, figure/ground relationship, legibility, recognition, and support.
By scaling the shapes of the image and rearranging them, the image can easily lose legibility. It is a simple yet very effective operation.
7. Final evaluation and artistic reference
Operation notes / what I learned:
The operation works by altering the scale and spatial distribution of the shapes. Its main effect appears when the rearrangement makes it difficult to recognize the figure and its relationship with the background.
Final_status:
Works:: YES
How it destroys the image:
Works_on:: Formal
Level and richness of crisis:
Crisis:: High
Decision:
Selection:: Combinable / Keep
Possible artistic reference
Reference:: Lucas Blalock, John Stezaker, Barbara Kasten
Possible works: