Fuse

Scott Draves' 1993 Fuse algorithm was inspired by an algorithm for generating text based on other text called Dissociated Press and the Cut-Up technique for text and audio. It is an open source program that cuts images into pieces and rearranges the pieces in new fused-together layouts. It predates and generalizes Texture Synthesis and Photomosaics.

This is the artist's self-portrait made up of a closeup. In this work, tiles containing a portion of a photograph -- the artist's eyes -- are oriented so the shading approximates a rendition of the original photograph. If the eyes are windows into the soul, in this work the artist is laid bare -- while simultanously seeming to look back at us from myriad vantage points.