I was directed to this gallery of iconic images recreated in Lego men [via overheardatmoo twitter].
While the comments on this gallery of images ranges from praise to criticism, about if this is art, on the use of Lego, etc. I was particularly interested in how this ‘stripped down’ minimalist Lego representation could bring to mind the original images.
It seems to me a great experiment on just how iconic these images actually are in our society but also in just how the brain makes these connections. This reminds me of studies that have been done on how the brain can correctly identify words where vwls1 were removed or there’s some minor incorrect arrangement of lettres2.
Even in visual data, there is a lot that can be ‘translated’ automatically. I suppose it would be interesting to consider why and how that works.
And maybe by extension, What if, and what are, extra information (the ingrained bias, prejudices) that might our brains ‘fill in’ for the images that we see?
1, 2Yes, I’m being facetious. sure, of course.
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