ISO-mosaic rationale

Much has been written about the shortcomings of government and industry during 'the time of corona virus'. Flailing welfare systems, under-employment, racial inequality and tired infrastructure have all been exposed by a global virus supercharged by technology and global flows. As they say, a bat flaps its wings in Wuhan ....

America, a global beacon - for art, technology and buffalo wings - was greatly diminished by the myopia of the Trump doctrine. The administration's sycophantic leadership and wilful denial of reality resembled the behaviour of a failed state. As POTUS45 crashed headlong into the COVID19 an incomprehensible death toll mounted.

Ed Yong in The Atlantic, captures the sad fallout as the clock ticks towards a million dead: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/03/covid-us-death-rate/626972/

ISO-mosaic navigation

Select your dose of POTUS45

Examine the site of COVID19 infection

Pick a POTUS45 from the gallery below, this will open the source file in Google Photos. Images are A1 print ready (approx. 50MB). Download times may vary depending on which side of the digital divide you fall.

Examine the site of COVID19 infection

Click the image and use the magnifying glass to zoom into the mosaic and explore the extent of the COVID19 infection. Each POTUS45 portrait is composed of a set of 64x64 image tiles.

ISO-mosaic Gallery

POTUS45 COVID19 "I See the Swamp"

Boy Scout Jamboree,

West Virginia, USA, 20170725

(Saul Loeb / AFP via Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Spread"

POTUS45 COVID19 "I See the Swamp"

Virus Health Briefing, White House, Washington, USA 20200322
(Eric Baradat / AFP via Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

POTUS45 COVID19 "I See the Swamp"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Watch My Hands"

Vaping And E-Cigarette Epidemic Meeting, The Cabinet Room, White House, USA 20191122 (Alex Wong / Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "Watch My Hands"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Watch My Hands"

Virus Health Briefing, White House, Washington, USA 20200322

(Eric Baradat / AFP via Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Republican Presidential Nomination, Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, USA 20160721 (Somo Devilla / Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "Fake News"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Virus Health Briefing, White House, Washington, USA 20200331 (Mandel Ngan /AFP via Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "You're Fired"

POTUS45 COVID19 "One Mirror Too Many"

Trump Campaign - Day Two,

New Hampshire, USA 20150617

(Reuters)

POTUS45 COVID19 "One Mirror Too Many"

US Health Advice Briefing, White House. Washington, USA 20200416

(Mandel Ngan / Getty Images)

POTUS45 COVID19 "Dead Eyes Open"

POTUS45 COVID19 "One Mirror Too Many"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Dead Eyes Open"

North Korea Summit Press Briefing, Metropole Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam 20190228

(Associated Press)

DIY ISO-mosaic

STEP 1 - Get one POTUS

STEP 2 - Add many COVID

POTUS pics from press briefings, campaign rallies and MAG meet-ups (June 2015 - April 2020). Press photographs are used without permission. POTUS images stretched to an A1 canvas size of 9933x7016 pixels.

STEP 2 - Add many COVID

COVID images manually plucked from Google image search and a big batch of scanning electron micrographs from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (April 2020). Final COVID19 image dimensions are 64x64 pixels.

STEP 3 - Close the deal

STEP 2 - Add many COVID

STEP 3 - Close the deal

Most mosaic apps will do the trick, I found MosaicPro to be stable and user friendly. The key is selecting a quality base image and building a large database of source images (300+). Tin Eye reverse image search is always handy when hunting down image attributions and fake news.

on the street

POTUS45 COVID19 "I See the Swamp"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

George Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 3065 :: 23 June 2020 at 12:28 pm AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC, 3065, Australia :: 23 June 2020 at 12:48 pm AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "Fake News"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

Raglan Street, Preston South, Melbourne, VIC, Australia :: 25 June 2020 at 5:21 pm AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne, 3065, VIC, Australia :: 23 June 2020 at 12:34 pm AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "I See the Swamp"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Plenty Road, Preston South, Melbourne, VIC, 3072, Australia :: 25 June 2020 at 5:08 pm AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC, 3065, Australia :: 21 January 2021 at 11:22 am AEDT

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Queens Parade, Clifton Hill, Melbourne VIC 3068, Australia :: 21 January 2021 at 11:06 am AEDT

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

Smith Street, Fitzroy, Melbourne VIC, 3065, Australia :: 25 June 2020 at 11:54 am AEST

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

POTUS45 COVID19 "Exploding Donald"

POTUS45 COVID19 "The Red Light"

Queens Parade, Clifton Hill, Melbourne VIC 3068, Australia :: 21 January 2021 at 11:06 am AEDT

QR Code Drops

Project QR Code

Deployed in toilets and cultural institutions across Melbourne. QR code points to the project website.

Swamplands

Project QR Code

744 High St, Thornbury

Melbourne, VIC 3071

Max Watts

Project QR Code

Northern Republic

125 Swanston St,

Melbourne VIC 3000

Northern Republic

Gertrude Street Contemporary

Northern Republic

17 Kirkland Avenue West,

Euroa VIC 3666

Thornbury Local

Gertrude Street Contemporary

635 High St, Thornbury

Melbourne VIC 3071

Gertrude Street Contemporary

21-31 High St, Preston

Melbourne VIC 3072

The Gaso

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

Northcote Social Club

484 Smith St, Collingwood

Melbourne VIC 3066

Northcote Social Club

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

Northcote Social Club

301 High St, Northcote

Melbourne VIC 3070

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

111 Sturt St, Southbank

Melbourne VIC 3006

No. 86 Tram

Australian Centre for Contemporary Art

High St, Thornbury

Melbourne VIC 3000

ACMI

No. 86 Tram

Hosier Lane

Federation Square, Flinders St

Melbourne VIC 3000

Hosier Lane

No. 86 Tram

Hosier Lane

Melbourne VIC 3000