McCollum explores duplication in his art, investigating how objects achieve personal and social significance in a society driven by mass production. Here he uses the software program Adobe Illustrator with the goal of producing a unique artwork for every person on Earth. His system has the capacity to produce thirty-one billion shapes, far more than peak–population estimates for the mid–twenty–first century, when a decline is predicted to set in.
Gallery label from Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, November 21, 2007-July 28, 2008.