Erika Buzzo's 'Digital Integrity' Explores Algorithmic Compression of Identity

Erika Buzzo's project 'Digital Integrity' is featured in creAtIva AI Art Book Vol/9, curated by Wiktor V/R, founder and director of creAtIva. The project, described as a potential exhibition, uses AI-generated images that undergo manual pixelation and degradation, a deliberate intervention that critiques how algorithmic systems compress, normalize, and hierarchize visual culture. Buzzo's work juxtaposes adult and child figures to show that both are subjected to the same digital translation infrastructure. The pixel is presented as a critical unit, revealing the conditions of production, while text overlays contaminate and destabilize the images, creating a visual syntax of deterioration. The project is compared to Hito Steyerl's essay 'In Defense of the Poor Image' and Ingmar Bergman's film 'Persona', highlighting themes of identity, visibility, and algorithmic governance. Buzzo's work is part of the Vol/9 edition themed 'ART: it is argument', and the article includes links to purchase the book and view the artist's original text and augmented reality video.