JPEG #69

Compression has been the driving force behind the image-based internet since the early 90s. No compression, no Netscape, no social media, no NFTs. The JPEG compression has specifically enabled photography-based imagery on the net. It has always served that purpose and over time become the de facto default for showing high quality imagery online. But compression always leaves a trace, which has become the lens through which the network sees the world of uploaded images. "A painting is not a picture of an experience, but is the experience." ― Mark Rothko JPEG tries to create an image programatically fully expressing that signature compression. An image that is like empty made from barely not...View all