Red Dragon by William Blake
Barcodes are on more or less everything we buy. They are an optical machine readable representation of data (the Wikipedia definition). There are many types of bar codes and lots of combinations. Some think bar codes are the mark of the Beast 666, mentioned in the bible (here).
As usual though, I am only interested in what can be done artistically with these codes. Unlike an earlier post about pylons, (the idea did not catch on) in Japan the elevation of bar codes into decorative and interesting design has caught on. How much nicer it would be if this was done all over the world! We might start looking at our product a little more carefully whilst we are queuing at the checkout (and start thinking about what we are actually buying – and asking ourself do we really need it, and put it back!:)).
Then again…we might just buy anything because it has a great bar code on which we haven’t yet got in our collection:D Yes! Our collection! Maybe these will eventually become collectible:D
Bar code images from HERE and HERE and if you want to have your own exclusive one made HERE
Some have linked barcodes with biblical
Meanwhile, over on Bookstains…
The Mona Lisa Poetry Challenge is still on my other blog Bookstains and open to all! (6 poems now)Just click Mona
PLUS 
Plus
The Van Gogh poetry Challenge is still going on – read them all (theres 10 poems now) and contribute by clicking Vincent
