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Dataset is an ongoing investigation into how meaning shifts when images are reorganized through a precise, rule-based system. Whether rendered by hand or translated into code, each work uses repetition, rhythm, and interference to deconstruct and reassemble visual history. The process preserves every fragment; nothing is hidden or discarded. Yet the final compositions feel newly resolved, exposing latent patterns and unseen relationships within the source material. This structured approach draws parallels to the logic of AI training models, while remaining grounded in a distinctly human impulse: to collect, to cut, and to make sense of the past through form.

Erin McGean // Collage artist based in Toronto, Canada // All Content  © Erin McGean
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