D Q A D

what
DQAD is a collection of 12 digital artworks by od3zza, created using digital photography and JavaScript. The stylization process was done in a static application, also available on this website.

We live in a time when we only accept art — especially photography — if it's top quality. If it's not that cool, grainy old-school photo, we just think it's trash... or, at best, it turns into a super-compressed meme that the internet goes wild sharing. DQAD is my way of messing things up a bit. It's an experiment in destruction. Or reconstruction. Call it what you like. Taking some of my own original photos from various themes, photos I took myself, I condemned them to extreme pixelation.
It's an art of the absurd, and purely digital. Here, these images get a new life. They're reconfigured using a 'language' of fragmentation and heavy compression, a mix of everything with the very code of this simple, somewhat static app — but it gets the job done. The result is completely new images that make up this series.
For me, this experiment is part of a development study, also a practice of re-signification, a reflection on art, and an exploration of new avenues for dialogue between the eye and technology... and curiosity. ×

who
od3zza, also known as uoshi, is a multidisciplinary designer and filmmaker from Brazil. From a very young age, od3zza has been deeply involved in the arts. Throughout their career, they've experimented with various art forms, including painting, illustration, sculpture, tattooing, digital arts, cinema, and more recently, game design. In their practice, you'll often find experimentation, hybridization, and narratives that reflect themes of loss, solitude, and contemplation. ×