German artist Norbert Bayer turns computer graphics into child's play. "As I was building Web sites one pixel at a time," he says, "it dawned on me that it was the same process as making a mosaic." Bayer has taken that idea to its logical extreme and re-creates his favorite CG icons in Ministeck, a creativity game for kids (popularized in the 1970s) in which colored plastic shapes are placed on a grid to form a picture. Bayer begins with a screenshot, then uses software to adjust the graphics and colors to match the dimensions and palette of the Ministeck pieces. Finally, he builds the image with actual game tiles. A selection of his mosaics are on display through May 16 at London's Pearlfisher Gallery.
- Anneloes van Gaalen
Modern Mosaics: Norbert Bayer uses plastic game pieces from Ministeck to reproduce videogame stars. Seen here: Pac-Man
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