nfcdab NEAR ENOUGH?
nfcdab generated sounds

What-Where

This playlist contains generated sounds after image processing of several QR codes. The processed QR codes lead to multiple nfcdab art pieces which are being exhibited during the nfcdab NEAR ENOUGH? digital art biennale in Amsterdam, from Sunday 05-08-2018 to Sunday 12-08-2018.

Why-the-meta-thoughts

QR codes are pure data, information which is hold within a square image. The linked art pieces are exhibited physically but also digitally. Those art pieces cannot live without one of two forms: the physical or the digital.

The QR code images are processed and converted into soundscapes of pure frequencies. The images contained groups of QR codes, meaning groups of art works. Therefore, the individual results do no longer hold the uniqueness of the art pieces, but a collective result symbolizing the meta level of data processing + conversion: aggregating, defining, grouping, summarizing, outputing