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EGO SYSTEM



A generative portrait system mapping identity, influence, and artificial lineage.

Ego System is a structured, generative portrait project that maps influence and identity as a digital genome. Gen0 begins with XXY Portraits and Ego Masks — the foundational DNA of the system, representing real people and abstracted identities. Each generation evolves visually, with traits inherited, recombined, and eventually autonomously reproduced by AI. The system creates a continuous lineage of identity, form, and concept.




SIMON – Gen0 — XXY Portraits: human DNA of the system

EGO XLVIII –


Gen0 — Ego Masks: anonymized DNA of the system

Building on the foundational DNA of Gen0, the system is designed to evolve over time. Future generations will inherit, recombine, and transform traits from the original Ego Masks, creating a continuous lineage of identity and form. This evolution will remain guided by the principles of the system, while leaving space for experimentation and unexpected developments.

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EGO SYSTEM EGO SYSTEM EGO SYSTEM I don’t celebrate ego. A rapid succession of Instagram stories floods the screen, layering XXY Portraits into a continuous stream. Faces become symbols, identities flatten into signs, and repetition replaces individuality. The visual excess builds until collapse: the Ego Mask bursts, revealing the instability and fragility hidden behind the constructed self. The mask separates instinct from assertion. A convulsive one-minute flow of Instagram stories accelerates into visual overload. XXY Portraits flash and dissolve, identities reduced to symbols, repetition replacing individuality. The feed becomes a shallow mirror of performance and exposure. At its peak, the sequence explodes: an Ego Mask shatters, exposing the fragile core beneath the inflated self. In an age of constant exposure, identity turns into a surface. Ego masks are visual constructions.