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EGO SYSTEM

Matrix / Structural diagram

A framework for the production of identity at scale.

800 works. Multiple generations. A system designed to outlast its author. Ego System is not a series. It is a structure — built to run indefinitely.

THE MATRIX

Every output is a consequence of the same underlying rules.
The matrix defines what can exist within the system.
It was designed once. It generates endlessly.

GEN 0

The first 800 works: XXY Portraits, EGO Masks, physical Masks. Real subjects used as initial inputs to activate the framework. Not portraits. The first outputs.

XXY Portraits – Gen 0
EGO Masks – Gen 0

THE GENERATIONS

Gen0 produces Gen1. Gen1 produces Gen2.
Each generation inherits, recombines, drifts.
Some lineages will persist for thousands of iterations.
Others will disappear before Gen3.

CONTINUITY

Ego System is designed to persist over time. Future generations may transform, recombine, or extend the system, while remaining bound to its structural rules.

Authorship, technique, and process may shift. The framework remains intact.

The system does not evolve toward expression. It reiterates.

ENTER EGO SYSTEM

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This is the matrix. Ego System is not a series of portraits. Ego System is an ongoing investigation into identity as a constructed, shared, and evolving structure. EGO SYSTEM 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. The system creates a continuous lineage of identity, form, and concept. EGO SYSTEM EGO SYSTEM EGO SYSTEM I don’t celebrate ego.