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Barcode Andy Warhol

This is my Barcode Andy Warhol portrait made with 2,160 barcodes. I used the UPC barcodes from Campbell's Soup cans that were part of Warhol's iconic screenprints. I even curved the barcodes to mimic the cylindrical shape of soup cans. I also created an augmented reality interface to go along with the portrait, so when a barcode is scanned, a video projector lights up the corresponding soup can and dumps virtual soup into a bowl. I added a simple game which is activated by scanning the barcodes in sequence from Tomato all the way around to Clam Chowder. The mosaic includes several hidden "Easter Egg" barcodes. For instance, one plays a special clip of Warhol eating a hamburger and another shows David Bowie playing Warhol in the movie Basquiat.
Andy Warhol

Laser Print on
Paper with Barcode
Scanner for $495
96 x 96 inches

(243.8 x 243.8 cm)
Print Information
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Postcard
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Date Created - November 2002

Date Updated - September 2010

Image Dimensions - 96 x 96 inches
(243.84 x 243.84 cm)

Pixel Dimensions - 28,800 x 28,800

Pixels Per Inch - 300 ppi

File Size - 186.2 Megabytes

File Format - Photoshop

Barcodes Generated - 14

Total Barcodes in Final Image - 2,160

Hardware -

MacPro G4 Tower
2 x 3 GHz Dual-Core Xeon
4 GB RAM


Software - Mac OS 10.6
Adobe Photoshop CS4
Adobe Illustrator CS4
Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Microsoft Excel 11
Mozilla Firefox 3
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