FMP Bar-code Experimentations

Fig. 1 Bar code Collection (author's own)

Fig. 2 Bar code Ink (author's own)

Fig. 3 Bar code Acetate (author's own)

Fig. 4 Bar code Tracing Paper (author's own)

Fig. 5 Bar code Masking Tape (author's own)

I decided to go with the 'spend money, scan lines' concept, so I started to collect bar codes from around the college. I then photocopied them and printed it on acetate creating a blurred affect (Figure 3) layering it with text and more colour. I created a whole double page of bar codes (Figure 1) because the layering and combination of colours and along with the contrasting direction of lines create a beautiful visual effect. 

I used ink, pen, pencil, tracing paper, acetate, masking tape, etc. different ways to imitate bar codes and lines. I personally like Figure 2 and 5 because they are so simple, and usually the work you tend to do quickly tends to be more effective because the process is just based on doing rather than thinking, and sometimes that is all that's needed. More practical, less theory.