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art, ceci n'est pas une pipe, conceptual art, facebook, interactive art, magritte, pipe, qr codes, reality, treachery of images, virtual
La trahison des images 1928 Oil on canvas
63.5 cm × 93.98 cm (25 in × 37 in)
LACMA
The QR code is very fascinating concept. Though only 15% of the population who actually utilize it, it is everywhere. It doesn’t require a computer chip or some kind of magnetic force. It is simply a print of an image; an image that a machine reads and outputs the information that the code directs it too. If we are not aware, we too can become robots and read images to only outputs when the image tells us to. We have to prove ourselves as cognitive being by destructing the image, thinking about what we see and why we see it in this way.
Magritte questions the same thing in 1928. He makes us question the authority of what we see and not to be fooled by what the image tells us to think. Magritte states, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” because he can’t stuff it, he can’t smoke it; this is only a painting, a representation of a pipe. This iconic pipe is now digitalized in QR codes. Not only does the code represent a URL, it actually links the scanner to its virtual life, which is the reality of most people’s lives today. This pipe is personified by its Facebook profile. It is actively socializing, tagging, posting, and connecting with people.
Facebook today is simply a series of images that represent a person. We must challenge the interactions we have with the representation. How close and how intimate can you be with a person via Facebook?
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Ktran 
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Hello. I’m writing a short article about the fake news phenomenon for a site called The Chapati Mystery (http://www.chapatimystery.com/) and your QR code version of Treachery is perfect for the point I’m making there. I’m happy to send you the essay in draft, and of course I would credit you however you prefer. I think they would like to run the essay this week. Thanks so much for your consideration. -kris cohen, reed college
Hi Kris,
I would love to read your draft!
Thank you SO MUCH! I’m so happy to help in any way. The whole idea of this art series is that others can take it and twist it to different avenues.
If you like to send the essay via email, it’s ktran3130@gmail.com.
Best,
Kim