Ideal forms
In nineteenth-century London, Francis Galton superimposed photographs to create composite portraits that he believed exemplified criminal 'types'. Nowadays, we can test whether or not averageness is attractive by digitally morphing faces. You can find the average colour of the universe and the favourite colour of the Web.
Jason Salavon has taken these ideas and run with them: blending faces in 'The Class of...', audio in 'The Song of the Century' (27 simultaneous covers of 'Yesterday' - come back John Cage, all is forgiven) and terrifying video in 'The Late Night Triad'. Most notorious is his not-safe-for-work average showing how mean people suck.
Jason Salavon has taken these ideas and run with them: blending faces in 'The Class of...', audio in 'The Song of the Century' (27 simultaneous covers of 'Yesterday' - come back John Cage, all is forgiven) and terrifying video in 'The Late Night Triad'. Most notorious is his not-safe-for-work average showing how mean people suck.