the humans are dead

been doing some experiments with QR (Quick Response) codes at work which are basically 2D bar codes and vaguely resemble conway’s game of life. they are convenient. take a snap of them with your mobile and the code is decrypted to something meaningful like a sentence, a link or even a clue to a treasure hunt… a great way of transmitting small amounts of data from the physical to the digital.

aesthetically the codes remind me of tile art, remnants of space invaders and have a certain binary beauty about them. i also like the idea of some meaning emerging from an encrypted message thats open to the public but only in reach to those that know what to do with it. and on a complete tangent, its what id imagine the robot army would be posting up over city walls if they ever took over the world, proclaiming that the humans are dead.

so ive decided to revisit the days of the throw-ups, sticking up your little piece of art on the back of street signs with the hope that someone has a chuckle. might as well make the most of this novel technology before it explodes commercially.

generate your code here.