Scott Blake

Scott Blake was born in Tampa, Florida in 1976. Blake is known for his series of artworks in which he uses barcodes to create images. Blake used usual everyday images to create his art. He uses barcodes as a tool as well as an image. One of his works is “Every Barcode.” This is an ongoing piece, which shows every barcode possible. This animation would take 300 years to complete.

He created portraits only from barcodes and nothing else. He created more than thirty large-scale portraits of cultural icons. For cultural icons Blake used barcodes, which were connected to some aspect of their lives. For example, in his “Barcode Elvis” portrait, Blake used the barcodes from his music CD’s. His “Barcode Bruce Lee” and “Barcode Marilyn Monroe” are made from the barcodes form their movie DVDs. I think it is really clever how Blake used barcodes, which were tied to the cultural icon.