I made this portrait of my friend María Raquel Cochez using the barcodes from foods she ate as child growing up in Panama. I met Raquel in college and we have remained close ever since. For this project Raquel created whimsical animations of the foods to go along with the barcode scanning interface. This collaboration was part of her solo show entitled "Little Fat Girl" at Los del Patio Gallery in Panama City, Panama in 2012. See more of her art at MariaRaquelCochez.com

Zine My Friends Zine by  Maria Raquel Cochez    Flipbook 50 B/W Pages, Screw Post Binding 5.25 x 2.5 inches (13.34 x 6.35 cm) 32 pound paper (120 gsm) Flipbook Information Buy on Etsy for $10   Print 60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm) 32 pound paper (120 gsm) USB Barcode Scanner Edition of 3 Request Price Date Created - June 6, 2012 Image Dimensions - 54 x 54 inches (137.16 x 137.16 cm) File Size - 61 Megabytes File Format - Illustrator Barcodes Generated - 30 Total Barcodes - 2,004 Hardware - MacBook Pro Intel Core i5 2.53 GHz with 4 GB RAM Software - Mac OS 10.6 Adobe Photoshop CS4 Adobe Illustrator CS4 Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Microsoft Excel 11 Mozilla Firefox

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