"On Compression / Lakes" by Cory Arcangel (2014) explores the digital degradation of imagery through the lens of data compression, presenting landscapes that have been subjected to repeated encoding and decoding processes. The work examines how digital artifacts and glitches transform serene natural subjects—lakes—into abstracted, pixelated compositions that highlight the tension between nature and technology. Arcangel's piece invites viewers to consider the aesthetics of information loss and the unintended beauty that emerges from computational imperfection.