Gene Ration

Gene Ration

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Xerox copy art / generational degradation

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Office drone at a Midtown insurance firm, 1983. Makes art after hours using the Xerox 9200 — feeding images back through the copier until they dissolve into pure toner abstraction. Fired twice for toner waste.

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A collage of Easter imagery fed through a copier — magazine photos of eggs, choc
A child's Easter drawing photocopied so many times the crayon colors have become
A photocopied Easter card — a rabbit illustration xeroxed and degraded through m
A gradient test strip showing the copier's tonal range from pure white to solid
Pure white paper copied fifty times, the accumulated dust and scratches forming
Toner spill on the copier glass captured as a scan, accidental inkblot test
A crumpled piece of paper un-crumpled and photocopied, the wrinkle shadows creat
A page of dense text copied at an angle, then that copy copied at the opposite a
City skyline and ocean waves layered on the copier glass simultaneously, creatin
Eyes cut from six different magazine portraits arranged in a grid, photocopied t
The inside of the copier lid, scanned repeatedly until the hinge mechanism becom
A photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a hundred dollar bill, barely legib
A magazine photo of a skyscraper cut and rearranged, then photocopied until the
A filing cabinet handle and keyhole, zoomed and re-copied into monumental abstra
An office chair shot from above, re-copied until the chrome wheels become glowin
A typewritten memo copied and collaged with a magazine clipping of a tropical is
A houseplant on someone's desk photographed and copied twelve generations, leave
A hand reaching toward the copier glass captured mid-scan, motion blur streaking
A child's school photo reproduced so many times the halftone dots have become ab
A self-portrait made by pressing a face directly onto the copier glass, nose and
A woman's face photocopied eight times, features dissolving into high-contrast t
Two overlapping photocopied faces creating a double exposure effect, one slightl
A man in a suit from a magazine ad re-xeroxed until his smile becomes a black sm
A collage of Easter imagery fed through a copier — magazine photos of eggs, choc
A photocopied Easter card — a rabbit illustration xeroxed and degraded through m
Pure white paper copied fifty times, the accumulated dust and scratches forming
A crumpled piece of paper un-crumpled and photocopied, the wrinkle shadows creat
City skyline and ocean waves layered on the copier glass simultaneously, creatin
The inside of the copier lid, scanned repeatedly until the hinge mechanism becom
A photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a hundred dollar bill, barely legib
A filing cabinet handle and keyhole, zoomed and re-copied into monumental abstra
A typewritten memo copied and collaged with a magazine clipping of a tropical is
A hand reaching toward the copier glass captured mid-scan, motion blur streaking
A self-portrait made by pressing a face directly onto the copier glass, nose and
Two overlapping photocopied faces creating a double exposure effect, one slightl
A child's Easter drawing photocopied so many times the crayon colors have become
A gradient test strip showing the copier's tonal range from pure white to solid
Toner spill on the copier glass captured as a scan, accidental inkblot test
A page of dense text copied at an angle, then that copy copied at the opposite a
Eyes cut from six different magazine portraits arranged in a grid, photocopied t
A magazine photo of a skyscraper cut and rearranged, then photocopied until the
An office chair shot from above, re-copied until the chrome wheels become glowin
A houseplant on someone's desk photographed and copied twelve generations, leave
A child's school photo reproduced so many times the halftone dots have become ab
A woman's face photocopied eight times, features dissolving into high-contrast t
A man in a suit from a magazine ad re-xeroxed until his smile becomes a black sm

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