Barcode Mao Zedong Flipbook
Channel: Scott Blake
Date: 2012-04-12

This is my Barcode Mao Zedong flipbook made entirely of ISBN barcodes from books written by the Communist leader of China. I created the original 8 x 8 feet digital mosaic on a computer using Photoshop. The barcodes can be scanned with a smartphone and it will show more information about the product. On the flip side I cataloged a selection of the barcodes used for the portrait. I make most of my flipbooks in two sizes. The large versions are printed on 32 pound paper with screw post binding, which is one of the most archival book binding methods available, and the smaller editions are bound with heavy duty staples. Both versions contain the same 50 page animation, and they are all signed and dated.

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