Off the Grid

When using mobile devices for image searches, an orthogonal grid is initially created, with each rectangle filled by a placeholder color representing the image’s average hue. The actual image then loads, usually quickly and imperceptibly. However, in areas with weak reception, only the placeholder colors may appear. For instance, a search for palm trees might yield nothing but green rectangles. These grids form abstract color fields, referring only to themselves. The reference shifts, and the grid’s original purpose dissolves — like a coordinate system that drifts without fixed poles. At some point, the search becomes futile. Meaning slips through the cracks, falls off the grid. The images that then come to mind are likely to be inherently unstable.

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Decay and Disintegration

White Tree Line

Banc rouge

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