In order to create Analogue Pixelation I used hundreds of small black straws in a 4”x5” grid to create a light filter through which to create portraits. These straws, when placed in the camera, filter the image and create a mosaic like effect that is then recorded on film.
The Gestalt Effect is the ability of the brain to process many seemingly unrelated visual stimuli as a whole cohesive entity. Similarly the Gestalt Theory of the Mind revolves around the postulate made by Kurt Koffka that “The whole is other than the sum of its parts” often misinterpreted as “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”. Likewise, in Manual Pixelation, I utilize many small independent images to create a whole that is not better than its parts, but other. They whole only exists because of the brain's compulsion to find patterns and create meaning and is therefore resolved by the act of being viewed.
My portraits attempt to give the viewer a sense of the aura of my subjects without the ease of perfect resolution. Mood, setting, and interaction all gleaned from a few hundred colorful circles.