• January 17, 2003
  • Posted by Marc

Free Biennial

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align="left" hspace="5" vspace=5>Last year at the "http://www.freewords.org/biennial/fbdir.html">Free Biennial in New York,
Barcode artist Peter Coffin put together a terrific piece of culture jamming
that if you haven’t yet checked out, you should. The jist of the project is that
you download the barcode stickers for free at the "http://www.freewords.org/biennial/artist/barcode.html">Free Biennial
website
, then print them out onto standard sticker labels and apply them to
consumer products in the market. The cash register scanner during check out
reads a four letter word (have, take, give, want, lose, need) from the barcode
instead of the price.”

For more Barcode Art, check out Scott Blake’s
amazing Barcode art
website
. Don’t forget to href="http://www.barcodeart.com/art/yourself/yourself.html"> barcode
yourself.