This image is generated using a custom program I wrote, The Automated Digital Photo Collage. The Automated Digital Photo Collage (ADPC) is an algorithm for creating a time-lapse collage. The ADPC compares a sequence of photographs, pixel by pixel, for areas of change. Pixel areas that are detected as different are layered on top in the image. Layering areas of its own choosing, the ADPC creates a decidedly nonhuman view, which intrigues with its logic and strange algorithmic humor. The ADPC echoes our human struggle to remember in this moment in the inception of digital augmentation. The familiar gaps parallel our own fragmented perceptions.

I am a urbanist of the Jane Jacobs school of thought. Through my work, I seek to engage in a conversation about how her ideas of what make a vibrant urban landscape are important to consider in this moment of large-scale neighborhood change, most visible in massive construction projects and new sidewalk dining spaces.