La Demoiselle d’Instagram

Using an app called Prequel, Savannah Cordova ran a portrait of herself through the app’s Cartoon filter several times, which smoothes out facial features and increases the level of abstraction. The first pass turned her into a Disney/Pixar-esque character:

But after 10 rounds of filter reapplication, Cordova’s portrait is in solid Picasso territory:

See also more feedback loops in audio (I Am Sitting in a Room) and video (I Am Sitting in a Room (with a video camera) and Dueling Carls).

• Savannah Cordova