Scott Blake
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Scott Blake
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October 20, 1976 Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Education | Savannah College of Art and Design |
| Known for | New Media, Postmodernism, Existentialism |
| Notable work | Barcode Jesus, Barcode Yourself, Downloading Pixels, 9/11 Flipbook |
| Awards | Adobe Design Achievement Award, Omaha Entertainment and Arts Award |
| Website | BarcodeArt.com |
Scott Blake (born Tampa, Florida, October 20, 1976) is an American artist. Nearing the turn of the 3rd millennium, Blake created a series of artworks that involved reworkings of barcodes to create artwork. Barcode art was something that quickly became an Internet meme. It is largely unknown exactly where this fad originated from. His work has been shown at various galleries and featured in magazines such as The New York Times, FHM, and Adbusters. His site has also been translated in many languages. For his efforts and vision, he was recognized by the Adobe Design Achievement Awards. He currently lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
Similar to the works of pop art, Blake elected to use usual everyday images to produce his art. His early works were based entirely on the idea of creating images and art from barcodes, which are ubiquitous in today’s world. But unlike pop art, he used barcodes as a tool and image, such as his portraits which were made entirely from bar codes. Blake had started this project around the time of the Y2K bug and the turn of the 21st century. Around this time, there was a craze with barcode style artworks and designs. It is unclear whether Blake had direct input on this popularized phenomena.
In 2003, Blake created Downloading Pixels which shows a progression of downloaded pixels that in turn become an image that could be viewed on a monitor or mobile device. Like John F. Simon Jr.’s Every Icon, each pixel is an image that loads up at different intervals to make the image seem like an animation, caused by the changing pixels. Both Every Icon and Downloading Pixels use a system of algorithms with basic image data to form images. Visitors to the website can adjust the size of the overall image by selecting from many image sizes (such as 48x48, 192x192, 300x300, or a very large 972x972). There are also options for different styles, which define styles and colors. After the settings are adjusted, the image is then based on the browser technology, internet connection speed, and device. So this work looks differently on an iPhone as compared to a PC running Mozilla FireFox.
Blake graduated from Brandon Senior High School in Tampa, Florida in 1995. He received a BFA in computer art from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2003.
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